From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: ioremap problem on highmem Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:46:44 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1066236404.662.60.camel@gaston> References: <20031014004651.36307.qmail@web14914.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1A9onm-0001Jt-00 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:47:10 -0700 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.86.99.235]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.22) id 1A9onj-0008Ao-EO for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:47:07 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20031014004651.36307.qmail@web14914.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jon Smirl Cc: Otto Solares , Linux Fbdev development list > 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