Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Lse-tech] Re: 10.31 second kernel compile | Date | Sun, 17 Mar 2002 03:43:29 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> They are not supported for user space, but used in private > mappings for kernel text and direct memory mappings. Generic code > never sees them. > > Is there any reason we couldn't use them for mapping large > frame-buffers and similar?
You are labouring under the belief that processors touch the frame buffer nowdays. For a current accelerated frame buffer that isnt very true. - 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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