Re: tiny tty driver sample

[H. Peter Anvin]

Alan Cox wrote:
> > I guess something like
> >
> > 	tty_buffer_request_room(tty, data_size);
> > 	for (i = 0; i < data_size; ++i)
> > 		work += tty_insert_flip_char(tty, data[i], TTY_NORMAL);
> > 	if (work)
> > 		tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
>
>
> Unless data_size can be very large and high speed then you can replace the
> lot with
>
> 	if (tty_insert_flip_string(tty, data, data_size))
> 		tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);

What does "very large and high speed" mean in this context?

	-hpa
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