[Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: Linux-fbdev-devel digest, Vol 1 #229 - 3 msgs

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> > Linus dreams of a network transparentancy. I also like that idea. So the
> > two things he wants to see go away are mmap and ioctl functionality. In

sorry to jump in.  i missed this eariler i guess.

How can removing something useful like mmap be good?  in the name of network 
transparency perhaps, but it has many uses.  I don't know of any other way this 
type of functionality could be implimented without taking a huge speed hit.
(mmapedbuffer[offset] memory write versus read/write/seek wrapper)

perhaps a better way of implimenting this can happen?  surely removing mmap is 
not the way to go.

I agree that network transparency is a good thing, but perhaps expect 
applications to check for an mmap failure, and then use read/write fallbacks as 
necessary.  or, (new trend), a local dev fs that indicates devices that are 
mmap friendly or somethign equally insane.

sorry for the rant, i may be completely wrong.

chris