Re: [PATCH] updated vfb.c

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 09:10:27 EST


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.

--Stephen

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