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On Thu, 8 March 2007 10:43:13 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
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> Ew, you're right -- and the API is worse than I thought.

And the API is _never_ used asynchronously.  For current drivers, it
is pure overhead.

Jörn

-- 
Joern's library part 1:
http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/