Re: Whats the rvmalloc() story?

2001-02-17 Thread Anton Blanchard
> If you are offering to do this work now, here is a thread worth > reading which includes a patch to start from... > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0002.1/0586.html > > BTW, Alan Cox sent me the following additional information in a > private email. Might as well get t

Re: Whats the rvmalloc() story?

2001-02-17 Thread Rick Richardson
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 06:46:34PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > > I note that at least 5 device drivers have similar implementations > > of rvmalloc()/rvfree() et al: > > > > ieee1394/video1394.c > > usb/ibmcam.c > > usb/ov511.c > > media/video/bttv-driver.c > > media/v

Re: Whats the rvmalloc() story?

2001-02-16 Thread Anton Blanchard
> I note that at least 5 device drivers have similar implementations > of rvmalloc()/rvfree() et al: > > ieee1394/video1394.c > usb/ibmcam.c > usb/ov511.c > media/video/bttv-driver.c > media/video/cpia.c > > rvmalloc()/rvfree() are functions that are used to alloc

Whats the rvmalloc() story?

2001-02-10 Thread Rick Richardson
I note that at least 5 device drivers have similar implementations of rvmalloc()/rvfree() et al: ieee1394/video1394.c usb/ibmcam.c usb/ov511.c media/video/bttv-driver.c media/video/cpia.c rvmalloc()/rvfree() are functions that are used to allocate large a