Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:10:15 -0500 (EST) | From | James A Simmons <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] updated vfb.c |
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> Hi, > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:06:04 -0500 (EST), James Simmons > <jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu> said: > > >> 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? > > Yes, it is, although the user-visible push/pull operations won't be in > place until 2.5.
The question is do I want to use that for this framebuffer device. Actually any framebuffer device. By the way does anyone know where a complete paper on the splice I/O model is at. The one at bitmover seems to be missing a few sections.
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