From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750935AbXBUXrz (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751322AbXBUXry (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:54 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]:34883 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750935AbXBUXry (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:54 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=OawHRq/43HQWSOKqodMhbAdfK5PuBybeLdKC1yZj6lHrDcmNyZhBsg0u5naFj3EM3QyDne/seMTxMy3cL6bSTgv5rGTJQDYYqxifriC7jGuMusRWTHuvuRZajqD1lKbZsfFvQ3l6TPYEr4fMNwslY83q5UqR0X0d2NZ4JSocnX8= Message-ID: <45a44e480702211547h255c86dax82680c8f20df6d07@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:52 -0500 From: "Jaya Kumar" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 2.6.20 1/1] fbdev, mm: hecuba/E-Ink fbdev driver Cc: "James Simmons" , "Peter Zijlstra" , "Linux Kernel Development" , linux-mm@kvack.org, "Paul Mundt" , "Geert Uytterhoeven" In-Reply-To: <1172101416.4217.19.camel@daplas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070217104215.GB25512@localhost> <1171715652.5186.7.camel@lappy> <45a44e480702170525n9a15fafpb370cb93f1c1fcba@mail.gmail.com> <20070217135922.GA15373@linux-sh.org> <45a44e480702180331t7e76c396j1a9861f689d4186b@mail.gmail.com> <20070218235741.GA22298@linux-sh.org> <45a44e480702192013s7d49d05ai31e576f0448a485e@mail.gmail.com> <45a44e480702210855t344441c1xf8e081c82ece4e63@mail.gmail.com> <1172101416.4217.19.camel@daplas> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2/21/07, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 11:55 -0500, Jaya Kumar wrote: > > > > You are right. I will need that. I could put that into struct > > fb_deferred_io. So drivers would setup like: > > > > Is it also possible to let the drivers do the 'deferred_io' > themselves? Say, a driver that would flush the dirty pages on > every VBLANK interrupt. Yes, I think so. The deferred_io callback that the driver would get would be to provide them with the dirty pages list. Then, they could use that to handle the on-vblank work. > > When the driver calls register_framebuffer and unregister_framebuffer, > > I can then do the init and destruction of the other members of that > > struct. Does this sound okay? > > It would be better if separate registering functions are created for > this functionality (ie deferred_io_register/unregister). > Ok. Will do it that way. Thanks, jaya From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jaya Kumar" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20 1/1] fbdev, mm: hecuba/E-Ink fbdev driver Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:52 -0500 Message-ID: <45a44e480702211547h255c86dax82680c8f20df6d07@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070217104215.GB25512@localhost> <1171715652.5186.7.camel@lappy> <45a44e480702170525n9a15fafpb370cb93f1c1fcba@mail.gmail.com> <20070217135922.GA15373@linux-sh.org> <45a44e480702180331t7e76c396j1a9861f689d4186b@mail.gmail.com> <20070218235741.GA22298@linux-sh.org> <45a44e480702192013s7d49d05ai31e576f0448a485e@mail.gmail.com> <45a44e480702210855t344441c1xf8e081c82ece4e63@mail.gmail.com> <1172101416.4217.19.camel@daplas> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HK1Bi-0003Ne-EZ for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:47:57 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HK1Bi-0004Pq-32 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:47:54 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so1151935ugc for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:47:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1172101416.4217.19.camel@daplas> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: James Simmons , Peter Zijlstra , Linux Kernel Development , linux-mm@kvack.org, Paul Mundt , Geert Uytterhoeven On 2/21/07, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 11:55 -0500, Jaya Kumar wrote: > > > > You are right. I will need that. I could put that into struct > > fb_deferred_io. So drivers would setup like: > > > > Is it also possible to let the drivers do the 'deferred_io' > themselves? Say, a driver that would flush the dirty pages on > every VBLANK interrupt. Yes, I think so. The deferred_io callback that the driver would get would be to provide them with the dirty pages list. Then, they could use that to handle the on-vblank work. > > When the driver calls register_framebuffer and unregister_framebuffer, > > I can then do the init and destruction of the other members of that > > struct. Does this sound okay? > > It would be better if separate registering functions are created for > this functionality (ie deferred_io_register/unregister). > Ok. Will do it that way. Thanks, jaya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id s2so1205631uge for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:47:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45a44e480702211547h255c86dax82680c8f20df6d07@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:47:52 -0500 From: "Jaya Kumar" Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 2.6.20 1/1] fbdev, mm: hecuba/E-Ink fbdev driver In-Reply-To: <1172101416.4217.19.camel@daplas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070217104215.GB25512@localhost> <1171715652.5186.7.camel@lappy> <45a44e480702170525n9a15fafpb370cb93f1c1fcba@mail.gmail.com> <20070217135922.GA15373@linux-sh.org> <45a44e480702180331t7e76c396j1a9861f689d4186b@mail.gmail.com> <20070218235741.GA22298@linux-sh.org> <45a44e480702192013s7d49d05ai31e576f0448a485e@mail.gmail.com> <45a44e480702210855t344441c1xf8e081c82ece4e63@mail.gmail.com> <1172101416.4217.19.camel@daplas> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: James Simmons , Peter Zijlstra , Linux Kernel Development , linux-mm@kvack.org, Paul Mundt , Geert Uytterhoeven List-ID: On 2/21/07, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 11:55 -0500, Jaya Kumar wrote: > > > > You are right. I will need that. I could put that into struct > > fb_deferred_io. So drivers would setup like: > > > > Is it also possible to let the drivers do the 'deferred_io' > themselves? Say, a driver that would flush the dirty pages on > every VBLANK interrupt. Yes, I think so. The deferred_io callback that the driver would get would be to provide them with the dirty pages list. Then, they could use that to handle the on-vblank work. > > When the driver calls register_framebuffer and unregister_framebuffer, > > I can then do the init and destruction of the other members of that > > struct. Does this sound okay? > > It would be better if separate registering functions are created for > this functionality (ie deferred_io_register/unregister). > Ok. Will do it that way. Thanks, jaya -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. 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