On 06/10/2009 07:39 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Currently the FLASH database is updated by the kernel using file operations,
> meant for userspace only. While this works for us because
> copy_{from,to}_user()
> on powerpc can handle kernel pointers, this is unportable and a bad example.
> Replace the file operations by callbacks, registered by the ps3flash driver.
Thanks for getting this one done.
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert.uytterhoe...@sonycom.com>
> Cc: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.lev...@am.sony.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/ps3.h | 7 ++
> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c | 138 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
> drivers/char/ps3flash.c | 94 +++++++++++++++++------
> 3 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.lev...@am.sony.com>
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