On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Gianluca Gennari <gennarone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Please note that the buffer size and the buffer allocation strategy (at > runtime or at driver initialization) are two completely different > topics. The first can cause regressions, the second should not produce > any functional change (bugs excluded). Agreed. I would break this into two patches and submit the buffer allocation strategy change first. I think that should be able to go upstream without too much debate/discussion. From there we can discuss the merits of the various approaches for the second patch (relating to the buffer size). Cheers, Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html