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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 14:18:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Mapping large framebuffers into kernel space
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Is there something preventing kernel framebuffers from being mapped to the high
end of the 4GB kernel address space? Or do they have to be mapped below 1GB?
Framebuffer access isn't that performance sensitive, after all it is on the PCI bus.

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Jon Smirl
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