From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: deprecating fix->mmio_start and smem_start Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:21:46 +1000 Message-ID: <1208928106.9060.20.camel@pasglop> References: <1208827046.9640.73.camel@pasglop> <1208854136.9640.104.camel@pasglop> Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JoXQk-0007MT-5b for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:22:10 -0700 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57] ident=[U2FsdGVkX19Ehh/WRBnpizrDbIQW42EvJWDoSCyzpM0=]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1JoXQi-0001Dt-6v for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:22:05 -0700 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Josh Boyer , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, "Antonino A. Daplas" On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:38 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > though. Which is why I wonder if we should -also- make the new > kernel > > structure user-visible with a new ioctl, so that user space can > migrate > > 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