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ps3/block: Replace mtd/ps3vram by block/ps3vram
Convert the PS3 Video RAM Storage Driver from an MTD driver to a plain block device driver. The ps3vram driver exposes unused video RAM on the PS3 as a block device suitable for storage or swap. Fast data transfer is achieved using a local cache in system RAM and DMA transfers via the GPU. The new driver is ca. 50% faster for reading, and ca. 10% for writing. Signed-off-by:Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> Acked-by:
Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com> Signed-off-by:
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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- arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig 7 additions, 0 deletionsarch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
- drivers/block/Makefile 1 addition, 0 deletionsdrivers/block/Makefile
- drivers/block/ps3vram.c 865 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/block/ps3vram.c
- drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig 0 additions, 7 deletionsdrivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
- drivers/mtd/devices/Makefile 0 additions, 1 deletiondrivers/mtd/devices/Makefile
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