Re: [PATCH] updated vfb.c

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 10:11:51 EST


> I think kmalloc() is the best thing for vgb. Vfb is just meant to be a sample
> driver, so the limitation to 128 KB is not that important. It's more important
> that you can actually mmap() it from user space, which is not possible with
> vmalloc().

Its perfectly possible from user space. The tv card drivers do it

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