Thanks, What's about PREREAD ? What kind of CPU synchronization is required prior a DMA read ? There is no cache during a device to host memory process, isn't it ?
Vincent Le Mercredi 24 Septembre 2003 23:54, Maxime Henrion a écrit : > Vincent Jardin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I try to understand the purpose of the PRE sync (BUS_DMASYNC_PREREAD, > > BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE). > > > > I understand POST synchronization (BUS_DMASYNC_POSTREAD, > > BUS_DMASYNC_POSTWRITE) when a device to memory or a memory to device > > transfert needs to be synchronized. However, what does a synchronization > > before a transfert mean ? > > With common architectures where FreeBSD runs on, only BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE > and BUS_DMASYNC_POSTREAD are actually meaningful and needed. It's good > style to use the two others where appriopriate though, because some more > exotic architecture might require it some day. > > BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE is used to synchronize before there's a DMA tranfer > from host memory to a device. It's needed to ensure the device will > read up-to-date memory, because recent changes to memory might still sit > in a cache, so it actually flushes the memory cache. > > BUS_DMASYNC_POSTREAD is used to synchronize after a DMA transfer from > the device to host memory. It's needed to ensure the software will get > up-to-date memory as written by the device, and not outdated memory sitting > in a cache, so it actually invalidates the memory cache. > > Cheers, > Maxime _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
