Re: [patch] mspec - special memory driver and do_no_pfn handler

Jes Sorensen wrote:
> Well then the question is, would it simplify the code using no_pfn in
> this case? Hacking up fake struct page entries seems even more of a
> hack to me.
I second that. That's were we are with our dcss xip thing today.
It _is_ a hack to have a struct page that you don't need.

Carsten
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