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From: Norbert Roos <n.roos@berlin.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Probs with PCI bus master DMA to user space
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:31:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A9271A4.529FF66F@berlin.de> (raw)


> Allocate the buffers in the kernel and mmap() them into user space

But the buffers are usually allocated with malloc() by any application
which wants to use my driver.. otherwise my driver would have to offer a
malloc-like function, but I can hardly force the application to use my
own malloc function.

             reply	other threads:[~2001-02-20 13:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-20 13:31 Norbert Roos [this message]
2001-02-20 13:37 ` Probs with PCI bus master DMA to user space Jeff Garzik
2001-02-20 14:10   ` Norbert Roos
2001-02-20 14:49     ` Jeff Garzik
2001-02-20 16:50       ` Norbert Roos
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-02-20 10:57 Norbert Roos
2001-02-20 12:37 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-20 17:03 ` David Woodhouse

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