Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:15:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:15:33 -0500 Received: from hirsch.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.6]:30980 "EHLO hirsch.in-berlin.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:15:13 -0500 X-Envelope-From: kraxel@bytesex.org Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:55:34 +0100 From: Gerd Knorr To: Mark McClelland Cc: video4linux-list@redhat.com, Kernel List Subject: Re: [V4L] [PATCH/RFC] videodev.[ch] redesign Message-ID: <20020211105534.A4745@bytesex.org> In-Reply-To: <20020209194602.A23061@bytesex.org> <3C65EFF4.2000906@alpha.dyndns.org> <20020210101130.A28225@bytesex.org> <3C666D98.70600@alpha.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C666D98.70600@alpha.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 04:54:48AM -0800, Mark McClelland wrote: > OK, agreed on all points. Thanks for the clarification. > > BTW, is there any chance for vmalloc() and pals to be moved to > videodev.c, or something higher-up? What do you mean exactly? bttv's memory management code, which has been copied to various places, and which is now broken in 2.5.x due to virt_to_bus() being gone finally? Some of this is work-in-progress. I'm talking to Dave to put some helper functions to handle DMA to vmalloced memory blocks to some sensible place within the kernel. If someone wants to have a look (not final yet): http://bytesex.org/patches/15_pci-2.4.18-pre8.diff Gerd -- #define ENOCLUE 125 /* userland programmer induced race condition */ - 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/