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SubjectRe: [PATCH] updated vfb.c

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > method. Yep! Some of the usb drivers. Their is code duplication here.
> > Instead of rewritten the code over and over perhaps we should place it
> > somewhere everyone can use it. Just a suggestion. I hate to rewrite the
> > same code over again just for my vfb driver. The question is do we place
> > it in mm/vmalloc.c or a seperate file.
>
> I agree entirely. Im not sure where it belongs but probablty the
> interface you need is something giving you a mapping array of the vmalloc.
> kiovecs might actually do for this, Im not sure.

Is kiovecs related to the material in the paper on the splice I/O model by
Larry McVoy? Or is it something different? I always had that question but
now I have a reason to ask it.

Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am"
James Simmons (o_
fbdev/gfx developer (o_ (o_ //\
http://www.linux-fbdev.org (/)_ (/)_ V_/_
http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net



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