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Date:      Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:53:57 -0600
From:      Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mario Pavlov <freebsd@abv.bg>
Cc:        kris@pcbsd.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, dev@lists.pcbsd.org
Subject:   Re: Re: [Fw: Re: [PC-BSD Dev] vmap()-like kernel interface ] - call for review
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On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 18:32 +0200, Mario Pavlov wrote:
> >>>>>> "Mario" =3D=3D Mario Pavlov  writes:
>  >
>  >    >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Mario Pavlov  wrote:
>  >    >>> Hi, please find the attached e-mail
>  >    >>>=20
>  >    >>> regards mgp
>  >    >>>=20
>  >    >>> P.S. thanks, PC-BSD team
>  >    >>=20
>  >    >> I'm not a kernel dev, but I noted that pmap_unmapcontig doesn't
>  >    >> take into consideration when va is NULL; I know it's bad driver
>  >    >> programming if uncontig is implicitly called with NULL, but ther=
e
>  >    >> should be some error handling or something here (a NULL deref
>  >    >> will occur in pmap_qremove, which will cause a panic). Thanks,
>  >    >> -Garrett
>  >
>  >    Mario> Hi, looks like most people just ignored this email. I am sur=
e
>  >    Mario> you all are very busy and you don't have time for everything
>  >    Mario> but please try to find some time and review this work. Peopl=
e
>  >    Mario> made an effort ... don't just throw it away. You know, many
>  >    Mario> people long for 64bit driver. here's the attachment:
>  >    Mario> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/attachments=
/20090213/567e04b7/PC-BSDDevvmap-likekernelinterface.eml
>  >
>  >    Mario> thank you
>  >
>  >    Mario> regards, mgp _______________________________________________
>  >    Mario> freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list
>  >    Mario> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To
>  >    Mario> unsubscribe, send any mail to
>  >    Mario> "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
>  >
>  >Does this have something to do with Nvidia amd64 driver?
>  >I am not very familiar with kernel stuff... But I know that Nvidia amd6=
4
>  >driver badly needs some work on some kernel ABIs.
>  >
>  >
>  >--=20
>  >darcsis ZAI gmail DIAN com
>=20
> Hi Darcsis,
> yes it has a lot to do with the 64bit nVidia driver
> that patch I'm trying to get reviewed implements one of the features requ=
ested by nVidia
> note that there are only two missing features left ... and this is one of=
 them ... in other words this one could potentially leave us with only one =
missing features
> check this out: http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests

Ok, I guess this is going to fall into my court, at least initially.
I'll try and give it a look soon.  Assuming that the feature is what we
want, someone with more experience with the vm system will need to
review.

robert.

> regards,
> mgp
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Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
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