Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of rfc45_virtualmem

Timestamp:

Jan 8, 2014, 5:05:04 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Even Rouault

Comment:

Add "Updated drivers" paragraph

rfc45_virtualmem

@@ -1084 +1084 @@
 C++ ABI   --> incompatiblity because GDALRasterBand has a new virtual method.
 
+== Updated drivers ==
+
+The RawRasterBand object and GeoTIFF drivers will be updated to implement
+GetVirtualMemAuto() and offer memory file mapping when possible (see above
+documented restrictions on when this is possible).
+
+In future steps, other drivers such as the VRT driver (for VRTRawRasterBand)
+could also offer a specialized implementation of GetVirtualMemAuto().
+
 == SWIG bindings ==
 
@@ -1164 +1173 @@
 == Test Suite ==
 
-The autotest suite will be extended to test the Python API of this RFC. In
-autotest/cpp, a test_virtualmem.cpp file tests concurrent access to the same
+The autotest suite will be extended to test the Python API of this RFC. It will also
+test the specialized implementations of GetVirtualMemAuto() in RawRasterBand and
+the GeoTIFF drivers. In autotest/cpp, a test_virtualmem.cpp file tests concurrent access to the same
 pages by 2 threads.