Re: [Lse-tech] Re: 10.31 second kernel compile

Alan Cox
2002-03-17T03:29:30Z

> They are not supported for user space, but used in private
> mappings for kernel text and direct memory mappings. Generic code
> never sees them.
>
> Is there any reason we couldn't use them for mapping large
> frame-buffers and similar?

You are labouring under the belief that processors touch the frame buffer
nowdays. For a current accelerated frame buffer that isnt very true.