Re: ioremap problem on highmem
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2003-10-15 16:47:10
The more I learn about fbconsole the more I think it is a bad idea. This is no comment on the skill of the people writing it, I just think the whole concept of mapping the framebuffer in to kernel space needs to be eliminated. There is only 1GB of kernel space and it make no sense to chew up 128MB or 256MB of it mapping a framebuffer just to get a penguin at boot. I do think penguin is cute, but not cute enough to waste kernel address space on.
Can you think about non-x86 please ? Most of them don't have anything remotely like VGA / BIOS Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php