Re: __flush_cache_all() miscellany

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>]

On 29 May 2002, Justin Carlson wrote:

> This is true;  I hadn't thought about the cases of userland touching
> hardware directly.  Of course, I think these cases should be hunted down
> and eliminated (go framebuffer device!), but alas, if that ever really
> happens, it's not going to be soon.

 Userland drivers are justified in many cases, so they'd better not go
away.  Besides, not all display adapters are framebuffers -- do you want
an X server in the kernel???

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