From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Balbir Singh <balbir_soni@yahoo.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it useful to support user level drivers
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:51:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010629005116.F525@bug.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010621104132.91801.qmail@web13609.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010621104132.91801.qmail@web13609.mail.yahoo.com>; from Balbir Singh on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:41:32AM -0700
Hi!
> I realize that the Linux kernel supports user
> level drivers (via ioperm, etc). However interrupts
> at user level are not supported, does anyone think
> it would be a good idea to add user level interrupt
> support ? I have a framework for it, but it still
> needs
> a lot of work.
>
> Depending on the response I get, I can send out
> more email. Please cc me to the replies as I am no
> longer a part of the Linux kernel mailing list - due
> to the humble size of my mail box.
I'd like to see that done for userspace ltmodem
driver... Unfortunately it can not be easily done for shared PCI
interrupts.
Pavel
PS: Next needed thing is to make it possible for usermode driver to
"mimic" kernel one, including ioctls.
--
I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care."
Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-29 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-21 10:41 Is it useful to support user level drivers Balbir Singh
2001-06-21 10:55 ` Tim Waugh
2001-06-21 11:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 12:43 ` Balbir Singh
2001-06-21 13:27 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-28 22:52 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-21 12:45 ` Dmitry A. Fedorov
2001-06-21 13:24 ` Oliver Neukum
2001-06-21 14:46 ` Dmitry A. Fedorov
2001-06-21 15:19 ` Oliver Neukum
2001-06-22 4:19 ` Dmitry A. Fedorov
2001-06-22 7:28 ` Balbir Singh
2001-06-21 16:34 ` Abramo Bagnara
2001-06-21 17:27 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 19:59 ` Abramo Bagnara
2001-06-21 20:40 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-06-21 20:54 ` Abramo Bagnara
2001-06-21 21:09 ` Oliver Neukum
2001-06-28 22:57 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-21 13:28 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 14:03 ` Matthias Urlichs
2001-06-28 22:54 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-21 14:20 ` Dmitry A. Fedorov
2001-06-21 11:38 ` Dmitry A. Fedorov
2001-06-21 13:50 ` john slee
2001-06-21 13:58 ` Matthias Urlichs
2001-06-21 14:21 ` john slee
2001-06-28 22:51 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
[not found] <mailman.993156181.18994.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2001-06-21 22:06 ` Pete Zaitcev
2001-06-21 22:20 ` David S. Miller
2001-06-21 23:09 ` Mike Mackovitch
2001-06-21 23:22 ` David S. Miller
2001-06-21 23:50 ` Mike Mackovitch
2001-06-22 0:36 ` David S. Miller
2001-06-21 23:40 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-06-22 0:30 ` Anders Larsen
2001-06-22 0:43 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-06-25 0:06 ` Anders Larsen
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