Re: New USB stack on FreeBSD w/Linux emulation layer coming
Oliver Neukum <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel |
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| Organization | Novell |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007 18:10 schrieb Laurent Pinchart: > My idea was to have a general purpose URB buffer allocation function that all > (most?) drivers could use, with flags (or another function) for specific > cases. usb_buffer_alloc is currently used by some drivers when they should > use kmalloc. The function is documented as a general purpose URB buffer > allocator. Even if we fixed all drivers today to use kmalloc when they > should, I'm pretty sure some new drivers will use usb_buffer_alloc. We have an all purpose allocator for the whole kernel. It is called "kmalloc". If you don't like that for psychological reason, rename the alternative. Regards Oliver -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) This signature is a legal requirement ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel