drm/i915: Add i915_gem_object_create_from_data()
i915_gem_object_create_from_data() is a generic function to save data
from a plain linear buffer in a new pageable gem object that can later
be accessed by the CPU and/or GPU.
We will need this for the microcontroller firmware loading support code.
Derived from i915_gem_object_write(), originally by Alex Dai
v2:
Change of function: now allocates & fills a new object, rather than
writing to an existing object
New name courtesy of Chris Wilson
Explicit domain-setting and other improvements per review comments
by Chris Wilson & Daniel Vetter
v4:
Rebased
Issue: VIZ-4884
Signed-off-by: Alex Dai <yu.dai@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Gordon <david.s.gordon@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom O'Rourke <Tom.O'Rourke@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
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