Re: [PATCH] NOMMU: Work around the lack of vmap()/vunmap() infirmware_loading_store() [ver #2]

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 09:51, David Howells wrote:
> Work around the lack of vmap()/vunmap() in firmware_loading_store() when
> operating in NOMMU mode. Âvmap() cannot be implemented as there's no virtual
> mapping available.
>
> Instead, in NOMMU mode, make available a function (vcoalesce()) that can
> coalesce the supplied data into one big buffer and store as the address vmap()
> would've returned.
>
> This can be #defined to vmap() in NOMMU mode by interested parties.

these things work for us ... were you going to push them up to mainline ?
-mike
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