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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-04-06 10:33:45 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-04-06 10:33:45 +0000 |
commit | 111b659722a7bdca295fddb23f0ecab46ae9a018 (patch) | |
tree | 60b21a995c322f39d2ee7512657d1659df23eaa7 /share/man/man9 | |
parent | 9bd7077cf7cfa9434964ccfab2e2c37e8afa31c4 (diff) |
tweak previous;
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man9')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/dma_alloc.9 | 20 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/dma_alloc.9 b/share/man/man9/dma_alloc.9 index a7e2d219ec1..5fe3e4391ba 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/dma_alloc.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/dma_alloc.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: dma_alloc.9,v 1.1 2011/04/05 21:37:07 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: dma_alloc.9,v 1.2 2011/04/06 10:33:44 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: pool.9,v 1.18 2001/06/21 11:59:01 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Theo de Raadt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 5 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 6 2011 $ .Dt DMA_ALLOC 9 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ .Fa "size_t size" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION -This allocator provides DMA-safe memory provided using -.Xr pools 9 . -This allocator is safe to call in most contexts and is -typically used for temporary-use buffers up to 65536 bytes. +This allocator provides DMA-safe memory provided using pools. +It is safe to call in most contexts and is +typically used for temporary buffers up to 65536 bytes. When buffers are used many times it may be better to consider using other DMA-safe allocators. .Pp -Interrupt protection has been set to +Interrupt protection is set to .Va IPL_VM using .Fn pool_setipl . @@ -52,10 +51,9 @@ using The .Ar flags argument is a selection of -.Xr pool_get +.Xr pool_get 9 flag arguments. -.Ar sizes .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bus_dma 9 , -.Xr pool 9 , -.Xr mbuf 9 +.Xr mbuf 9 , +.Xr pool 9 |