Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:06:04 -0500 (EST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] updated vfb.c |
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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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