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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-19 20:36:17 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-19 20:36:17 -0700 |
| commit | c00046c279a2521075250fad682ca0acc10d4fd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 78a7e9089c26f199ad9b0161bb564b7c1ca6daf9 /Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt | |
| parent | 9abbf7d028b1598b40ebdc81c48f30da7f3d5bf5 (diff) | |
| parent | 8e8a1407ac23b43cec0412338c1b4f5e1c664550 (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (74 commits)
fix do_sys_open() prototype
sysfs: trivial: fix sysfs_create_file kerneldoc spelling mistake
Documentation: Fix typo in SubmitChecklist.
Typo: depricated -> deprecated
Add missing profile=kvm option to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
fix typo about TBI in e1000 comment
proc.txt: Add /proc/stat field
small documentation fixes
Fix compiler warning in smount example program from sharedsubtree.txt
docs/sysfs: add missing word to sysfs attribute explanation
documentation/ext3: grammar fixes
Documentation/java.txt: typo and grammar fixes
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt: typo fix
include/asm-*/system.h: remove unused set_rmb(), set_wmb() macros
trivial copy_data_pages() tidy up
Fix typo in arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c
file link fix for Pegasus USB net driver help
remove unused return within void return function
Typo fixes retrun -> return
x86 hpet.h: remove broken links
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt b/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt index 73cf9fb7cf60..63883a892120 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/deferred_io.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Deferred IO Deferred IO is a way to delay and repurpose IO. It uses host memory as a buffer and the MMU pagefault as a pretrigger for when to perform the device -IO. The following example may be a useful explaination of how one such setup +IO. The following example may be a useful explanation of how one such setup works: - userspace app like Xfbdev mmaps framebuffer @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ a relatively more expensive operation. For some types of nonvolatile high latency displays, the desired image is the final image rather than the intermediate stages which is why it's okay -to not update for each write that is occuring. +to not update for each write that is occurring. It may be the case that this is useful in other scenarios as well. Paul Mundt has mentioned a case where it is beneficial to use the page count to decide |
