Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:01:31 +0900 | From | Paul Mundt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 1/2] fbdev, mm: Deferred IO support |
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 06:13:12AM +0100, Jaya Kumar wrote: > This patch implements deferred IO support in fbdev. Deferred IO is a way to > delay and repurpose IO. This implementation is done using mm's page_mkwrite > and page_mkclean hooks in order to detect, delay and then rewrite IO. This > functionality is used by hecubafb. > Any updates on this? If there are no other concerns, it would be nice to at least get this in to -mm for testing if nothing else.
Jaya, can you roll the fsync() patch in to your defio patch? There's not much point in keeping them separate. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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