-----Original Message-----
From: Eduardo Horvath [mailto:e...@netbsd.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:41 PM
To: Koning, Paul
Cc: tech-kern@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: genfs_getpages vs. genfs_compat_getpages
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011, paul_kon...@dell.com wrote:
> Gentlepeople,
>
> Some file systems use genfs_compat_getpages while others (most of them) use
> genfs_getpages. I'm trying to figure out the essential differences, and why
> one would pick one over the other.
>
> Any pointers?
genfs_vnops.c:
revision 1.43
date: 2001/12/18 07:49:36; author: chs; state: Exp; lines: +137 -2 add some
compatibility routines to allow mmap() to work non-UBCified filesystems (in the
same non-coherent fashion that they worked before).
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Thanks, that helps. It makes me wonder why NTFS uses it. Not quite such a
surprise that LFS uses it...
paul
