Re: deprecating fix->mmio_start and smem_start
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2008-04-23 05:22:10
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2008-04-23 05:22:10
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:38 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
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structure user-visible with a new ioctl, so that user space canmigratequoted
and the day we have such monsters, we aren't totally broken ?Hmm, that definitely means a new fb_fix_screeninfo, as smem_len is currently u32, even on 64-bit.
Yup, I think that's the way to go. I'll cook up a patch one of these days. Cheers, Ben. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone