From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:36:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:36:05 -0500 Received: from spiderman.spectsoft.com ([216.126.222.67]:57866 "EHLO trashbin1.spectsoft.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:36:05 -0500 Subject: kiovec/kiobuf replacement From: Jason Howard To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain Organization: SpectSoft, LLC Message-Id: <1043639121.1447.21.camel@bmagic.spectsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 26 Jan 2003 19:45:21 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello All, What is the correct change in code/mindset needed to replace the kiovec/kiobuf routines? I am currently using there routines to do a scatter gather DMA from a user space buffer to/from a PCI video frame buffer device. Should I approach this problem differently? The user space buffer can be up to 8MB in size. Thanks, Jason -- Jason Howard Professional: SpectSoft, LLC http://www.spectsoft.com jason@spectsoft.com Phone: +1.209.847.7812 Fax: +1.209.847.7859 Personal: http://www.psinux.org jason@psinux.org Cell: +1.209.968.1289 Text Message: jasonsphone@psinux.org