8260 CPM DP ram free function

[Pantelis Antoniou]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>In message <20040521192333.GI6763 at smtp.west.cox.net> you wrote:
>
>>First, when this has come up in the past, the first question is why is
>>this useful, given that with the hardware and peripherals in question,
>>loadable drivers aren't really useful (and don't shoot the messenger
>>please).
>>
>
>As has been discussed before, too, loadable drivers are  very  useful
>during  development;  they  can  even be useful in production systems
>when you need and easy way to update software updates  in  a  running
>system.
>
>The fact that hte existing drivers don't support this is IMHO more of
>an historical lapse than an argument for or against such a feature.
>
>The fact alone that this is at least  the  third  implementation  and
>this  feature which was submitted for inclusion with the public trees
>should make clear that there is some need for it.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Wolfgang Denk
>
>
I'll just pop in here and say that I already have & maintain
a proper dpalloc for 8xx.

Tom I would very much like either Rune's or my version gets
included at least in 2.6.

The argument for not needing modules is not very convincing IMHO.

Just my €0.02.

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Regards

Pantelis


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