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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 07:37:26 -0600 (CST)
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: Norbert Roos <n.roos@berlin.de>
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Subject: Re: Probs with PCI bus master DMA to user space
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Norbert Roos wrote:
> > 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.

If you are writing the driver, sure you can.

	Jeff




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