Re: [Lse-tech] Re: 10.31 second kernel compile

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 03:43:29 +0000 (GMT)

> They are not supported for user space, but used in private
> mappings for kernel text and direct memory mappings. Generic code
> never sees them.
>
> Is there any reason we couldn't use them for mapping large
> frame-buffers and similar?

You are labouring under the belief that processors touch the frame buffer
nowdays. For a current accelerated frame buffer that isnt very true.
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