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Old 06-11-2009   #1
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With the release of the Linux 2.6.30 kernel, the merge window for new features to enter the next Linux 2.6.31 development cycle is about to open. There's been much speculation whether TTM and Radeon kernel mode-setting would enter this next mainline kernel release or if it would be dragged on for another three months, but it looks like TTM at least is getting very close to entering the mainline tree.

Thomas Hellstrom of VMware/Tungsten Graphics has signaled the state of the TTM memory manager by issuing an RFC on the dri-devel list. Thomas is requesting developers comment on this Tungsten-originated patch that would add the Translation Table Maps support to the DRM within the kernel. Assuming no critical issues get brought up, we could then see TTM enter the Linux 2.6.31 kernel.
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TTM is a GPU memory manager subsystem designed for use with GPU devices with various memory types (On-card VRAM, AGP, PCI apertures etc.). It's essentially a helper library that assists the DRM driver in creating and managing persistent buffer objects.

TTM manages placement of data and CPU map setup and teardown on data movement. It can also optionally manage synchronization of data on a per-buffer-object level.

TTM takes care to provide an always valid virtual user-space address to a buffer object which makes user-space sub-allocation of big buffer objects feasible.

TTM uses a fine-grained per buffer-object locking scheme, taking care to release all relevant locks when waiting for the GPU. Although this implies some locking overhead, it's probably a big win for devices with multiple command submission mechanisms, since the lock contention will be minimal.

TTM can be used with whatever user-space interface the driver chooses, including GEM. It's used by the upcoming Radeon KMS DRM driver and is also the GPU memory management core of various new experimental DRM drivers.
Source : [Phoronix] TTM Memory Manager Gets Ready For Release
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Finally sanity prevails and things that should have been in kernel long before are slowly getting there.

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and the best thing alll the foss derivatives drivers will have ootb KMS support from x.31 onwards
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You mean even noveau without any nvidia components into in kernel DRM? How is that possible? I am pauzzled? ??
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^^I mean all the foss drivers will have KMS support

By default it won't be in kernel I guess but support will be there and you can install it
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