Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:33:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:33:13 -0500 Received: from kxmail.berlin.de ([195.243.105.30]:53196 "EHLO kxmail.berlin.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:33:06 -0500 Message-ID: <3A9271A4.529FF66F@berlin.de> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:31:16 +0100 From: Norbert Roos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.17-7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Probs with PCI bus master DMA to user space Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Allocate the buffers in the kernel and mmap() them into user space But the buffers are usually allocated with malloc() by any application which wants to use my driver.. otherwise my driver would have to offer a malloc-like function, but I can hardly force the application to use my own malloc function. - 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/