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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 14:12:52
Message-Id: m0rjk4$1d9$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Cohorent pool size too small... by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On 10/05/2014 06:52 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > while trying to get a mt7601sta (UWN200 WiFi dongle) driver running
5 > and working I came accross this in the dmesg output:
6 >
7 > [ 9.931938] usb 2-1: device v148f p7601 is not supported
8
9 This looks to me like it's the real error, not the one below.
10
11 > [ 9.931976] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=7601
12 > [ 9.931994] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
13 > [ 10.077532] rtusb init rt2870 --->
14 > [ 10.079338]
15 >
16 > === pAd = e0c58000, size = 860808 ===
17 >
18 > [ 10.079939] ERROR: 256 KiB atomic DMA coherent pool is too small!
19 > Please increase it with coherent_pool= kernel parameter!
20 > [ 10.079968] <-- ERROR in Alloc Bulk buffer for HTTxContext!
21 > [ 10.079983] ---> RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
22 > [ 10.080026] <--- RTMPFreeTxRxRingMemory
23 > [ 10.080040] ERROR!!! Failed to allocate memory - TxRxRing
24 >
25 >
26 > But
27 >
28 > cat /proc/cmdline
29 >
30 > shows:
31 >
32 > console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G,coherent_pool=2M
33 >
34 > (this is an embedded device, thats why there are the other parameters
35 > around...)
36 >
37 > I do not find any way to set this parameter while compiling the
38 > kernel. And setting the kernel parameter seems not to work either...
39 >
40 > Lost?
41 >
42 > ...or am I only blind... ? ;)
43 >
44 > How can I increase the cohorent pool size successfully?
45 >
46 > Best regards,
47 > mcc
48 >
49 > PS: The driver sources are not included in the kernel and have to be
50 > compiled externally/extra...
51 >
52 >
53 >

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