[PATCH v2 08/43] drm/fbdev: Add fbdev-shmem

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> writes:

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>>
>> I guess is OK because is_vmalloc_addr() is always true for this case ?
>
> It's not a vmalloc'ed address, but see patch 7. Fbdev-shmem uses a new 
> get_page callback in fb_defio. It provides the necessary page directly 
> to fb_defio.
>

Thanks! That was the missing piece of the puzzle.  I didn't look at that
patch because I noticed that already had a r-b. It makes more sense now :)

>
>>
>> This also made me think why info->fix.smem_len is really needed. Can't we
>> make the fbdev core to only look at that if info->screen_size is not set ?
>
> The fbdev core doesn't use smem_len AFAICT. But smem_len is part of the 
> fbdev UAPI, so I set it. I assume that programs use it to go to the end 
> of the framebuffer memory.
>

I see. Makes sense.

> Best regards
> Thomas
>

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat