Hi Thomas,
On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 2:07 PM Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Am 16.04.24 um 13:25 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> > Thomas Zimmermann writes:
> > Do I understand correctly that info->fix.smem_start doesn't have to be set
> > because that's only used for I/O memory?
>
> It's the star
Thomas Zimmermann writes:
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>> I guess is OK because is_vmalloc_addr() is always true for this case ?
>
> It's not a vmalloc'ed address, but see patch 7. Fbdev-shmem uses a new
> get_page callback in fb_defio. It provides the necessary page directly
> to fb_defio.
>
Thanks! That was th
Hi Javier
Am 16.04.24 um 13:25 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
Thomas Zimmermann writes:
Hello Thomas,
Add an fbdev emulation for SHMEM-based memory managers. The code is
similar to fbdev-generic, but does not require an addition shadow
"additional" I think ?
Yes.
buffer for mmap().
Thomas Zimmermann writes:
Hello Thomas,
> Add an fbdev emulation for SHMEM-based memory managers. The code is
> similar to fbdev-generic, but does not require an addition shadow
"additional" I think ?
> buffer for mmap(). Fbdev-shmem operates directly on the buffer object's
> SHMEM pages. Fbde
