Re: [PATCH/RFC] PVR2 DMA fix

[Adrian M. <ad...@ne...>]

On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 14:16 +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> The code for PVR2 DMA in the kernel is currently completely broken at
> both hardware handling and algorithmic levels and more than likely to
> cash a fatal crash if used.
> 
> This patch fixes the code and it seems to work well. I know it is not up
> to the standards required to go to mainline yet, but any commentary on
> it would be helpful.

What I now realise is that this is not transferring a bit map, but a
series of instructions to the tile accelerator.

You can make it work like a bitmap, but that will also require more
work...