Re: [PATCH 2/3] drm: Split drm_map and drm_local_map

2009-02-02 Thread Eric Anholt
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 16:55 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Once upon a time, the DRM made the distinction between the drm_map > data structure exchanged with user space and the drm_local_map used > in the kernel. > > For some reasons, while the BSD port still has that "feature", the > linu

[PATCH 2/3] drm: Split drm_map and drm_local_map

2009-02-01 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Once upon a time, the DRM made the distinction between the drm_map data structure exchanged with user space and the drm_local_map used in the kernel. For some reasons, while the BSD port still has that "feature", the linux part abused drm_map for kernel internal usage as the local map only existed