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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl index 0387970234b..c358367f9f8 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. </para> <para> - 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: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem>Memory allocation and freeing</listitem> + <listitem>Command execution</listitem> + <listitem>Aperture management at command execution time</listitem> + </itemizedlist> + 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 |