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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst index ddb0a81a796c..ceac2a300e32 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst @@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ Currently, the types available are: - The device is able to do memory to memory copies + - No matter what the overall size of the combined chunks for source and + destination is, only as many bytes as the smallest of the two will be + transmitted. That means the number and size of the scatter-gather buffers in + both lists need not be the same, and that the operation functionally is + equivalent to a ``strncpy`` where the ``count`` argument equals the smallest + total size of the two scatter-gather list buffers. + + - It's usually used for copying pixel data between host memory and + memory-mapped GPU device memory, such as found on modern PCI video graphics + cards. The most immediate example is the OpenGL API function + ``glReadPielx()``, which might require a verbatim copy of a huge framebuffer + from local device memory onto host memory. + - DMA_XOR - The device is able to perform XOR operations on memory areas @@ -183,6 +196,12 @@ Currently, the types available are: - The device is able to perform parity check using RAID6 P+Q algorithm against a memory buffer. +- DMA_MEMSET + + - The device is able to fill memory with the provided pattern + + - The pattern is treated as a single byte signed value. + - DMA_INTERRUPT - The device is able to trigger a dummy transfer that will @@ -434,7 +453,7 @@ supported. - Should use dma_set_residue to report it - In the case of a cyclic transfer, it should only take into - account the current period. + account the total size of the cyclic buffer. - Should return DMA_OUT_OF_ORDER if the device does not support in order completion and is completing the operation out of order. |