From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@mellanox.co.il>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:26:30 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] IB/mthca: add fast memory region implementation
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.12-rc3~61
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[PATCH] IB/mthca: add fast memory region implementation

Implement fast memory regions (FMRs), where the driver writes directly into
the HCA's translation tables rather than requiring a firmware command.  For
Tavor, MTTs for FMR are separate from regular MTTs, and are reserved at driver
initialization.  This is done to limit the amount of virtual memory needed to
map the MTTs.  For Arbel, there's no such limitation, and all MTTs and MPTs
may be used for FMR or for regular MR.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@mellanox.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@topspin.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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