Re: API change for bus_dma
From: Andrew Gallatin (gallatin_at_cs.duke.edu)
Date: 06/27/03
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:58:35 -0400 (EDT) To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
Scott Long writes:
>
> I'm not familiar with Solaris DDI. bus_dmamem_alloc() is guaranteed to
> give you contiguous memory that doesn't require bouncing (or ENOMEM if
> that's not possible). I can't imagine what DDI_DMA_STREAMING is.
Most sparc's have 2 different sorts of DMA modes. One is cache
coherent (aka DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT) -- this is what we all know and love
from PC, alphas, macs, etc.
The other mode (DDI_DMA_STREAMING) allows non cache coherent DMA.
This requires you to call ddi_dma_sync() between your last touch of
the data and you starting a DMA read from a device. And vice-versa
for a DMA write.
The reason people use DDI_DMA_STREAMING is because coherent DMA
bandwith tends to be abysmal on most sparcs. Using DDI_DMA_STREAMING
upgrades the bandwith from abysmal to just bad. Here are some
examples:
For u80, UltraSPARC II, using chip "Psycho",
98 MBytes/s consistent vs. 150 MBytes/s streaming.
For sunfire, UltraSPARC III, using chip "Schizo",
70 MBytes/s consistent vs. 173 MBytes/s streaming.
(compare to 450MB/sec for most intel 64-bit/66MHz PCI slots)..
Drew
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