Re: [Mjpeg-users] [PATCH, RFC] zr36067: Rework the V4L buffer allocation

2008-09-05 Thread Trent Piepho
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Jean Delvare wrote: > I see the following as a definitive improvement compared to the > previous situation. It's probably possible to improve it further and I > welcome comments in that direction. In general I would like to know how > other Zoran developers and users feel about

Re: [Mjpeg-users] [PATCH, RFC] zr36067: Rework the V4L buffer allocation

2008-09-03 Thread Jean Delvare
Hi Alan, On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:28:38 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > when the system is short on memory, I can still get tvtime to work by > > either running it early or by closing other applications before I > > start it. > > One approach then would be to grab the buffer early and hog it (eg an > opt

Re: [Mjpeg-users] [PATCH, RFC] zr36067: Rework the V4L buffer allocation

2008-09-03 Thread Alan Cox
> is a bit weird at the moment. It arbitrarily limits the size of > kmalloc'd buffers to 128 kB, and for larger buffers, it uses quirks > which are either marked as dangerous or require an external patch That was the historic kernel limit. > when the system is short on memory, I can still get tvt

[Mjpeg-users] [PATCH, RFC] zr36067: Rework the V4L buffer allocation

2008-09-03 Thread Jean Delvare
Hi all, I see the following as a definitive improvement compared to the previous situation. It's probably possible to improve it further and I welcome comments in that direction. In general I would like to know how other Zoran developers and users feel about this change, if there are major objecti