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On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 03:49:52PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> But the question remains: Why does the framebuffer need to be mapped
> in a single giant chunk?

More importantly: if you use dynamic dma mappings for your framebuffer
you're doing something wrong.