Re: genfs_getpages vs. genfs_compat_getpages

[Eduardo Horvath <eeh%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011, Paul_Koning%Dell.com@localhost wrote:

> Gentlepeople,
> 
> Some file systems use genfs_compat_getpages while others (most of them) use 
> genfs_getpages.  I'm trying to figure out the essential differences, and why 
> one would pick one over the other.
> 
> Any pointers?

genfs_vnops.c:

revision 1.43
date: 2001/12/18 07:49:36;  author: chs;  state: Exp;  lines: +137 -2
add some compatibility routines to allow mmap() to work non-UBCified
filesystems (in the same non-coherent fashion that they worked before).
=============================================================================

Eduardo