From: Michael Witten Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:59:56 +0000 (+0000) Subject: DocBook/drm: Use an for fundamental GEM operations X-Git-Tag: next-20110831~62^2^2~8 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=768e5190f72159492c04aba9928ff6a13370635c;p=karo-tx-linux.git DocBook/drm: Use an for fundamental GEM operations Signed-off-by: Michael Witten Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl index 0387970234b3..c358367f9f85 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl @@ -709,9 +709,13 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev) read & write, mapping, and domain ownership transfers. - On a fundamental level, GEM involves several operations: memory - allocation and freeing, command execution, and aperture management - at command execution time. Buffer object allocation is relatively + On a fundamental level, GEM involves several operations: + + Memory allocation and freeing + Command execution + Aperture management at command execution time + + Buffer object allocation is relatively straightforward and largely provided by Linux's shmem layer, which provides memory to back each object. When mapped into the GTT or used in a command buffer, the backing pages for an object are