Buffer Object Sharing work for 2011.07

Registered by Jesse Barker

Work on the new buffer object sharing infrastructure in the kernel for 2011.07

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Jesse Barker
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Sumit Semwal
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Sumit Semwal
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for 2011.11
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 2011.07
Started by
Jesse Barker
Completed by
Jesse Barker

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Status:
[jesse-barker Jul08]Rob to flesh out work items related to user-space interfaces for buffer sharing.

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Work Items

Work items:
Understand requirements of common subsystems for their buffer mapping data: DONE
Study code of V4L2 and fbdev for their buffer mapping data: DONE
Study code of DRM / GEM for their buffer object definitions: DONE
Study code of DRM / GEM for their buffer mapping data: DONE
Enumerate buffer object definitions of common subsystems together: DONE
[rob-ti] Define userspace facing ioctl interfaces for buffer sharing: DONE

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