From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263600AbTDGTY7 (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:24:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263601AbTDGTY6 (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:24:58 -0400 Received: from smtp2.clear.net.nz ([203.97.37.27]:1458 "EHLO smtp2.clear.net.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263600AbTDGTY6 (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:24:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 07:33:26 +1200 From: Nigel Cunningham Subject: Re: PATCH: 2.5.66 incremental (#4: Discontiguous patches & Dynamic PageFlag Bitmap) In-reply-to: <20030407130904.GB16919@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> To: Pavel Machek Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Message-id: <1049744005.19751.6.camel@laptop-linux.cunninghams> Organization: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <1049685473.13733.4.camel@laptop-linux.cunninghams> <20030407130904.GB16919@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 01:09, Pavel Machek wrote: > Drivers should never ever need to set themselves nosave.... Okay then. I'll make NoSave use the same scheme. I was mostly wondering about shared memory video cards, but in that case it mostly just seems to be a waste of time saving the pages - it doesn't cause problems. > It contains the same double pointers and the same > hard-limit-on-#pages-to-be-saved. Sorry. I forgot about addressing that issue. I'll give one of your suggestions a go when I find the time. Regards, Nigel -- Nigel Cunningham 495 St Georges Road South, Hastings 4201, New Zealand Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth. -- 2 Timothy 2:14, NASB.