more efficiently, using a shared buffer.

The old methods have been retained as a compatability layer until all the
drivers have been updated.

Signed-off-by: Ian Molton <ian.molton@collabora.co.uk>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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