From: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: Userspace I/O driver core
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:52:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061214105235.46c080ae@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061214010608.GA13229@kroah.com>
> But in order to get this core into the kernel tree, we need to have some
> "real" drivers written that use it. So, for anyone that wants to see
> this go into the tree, now is the time to step forward and post your
> patches for hardware that this kind of driver interface is needed.
Might be kind of hairy given uio_read() doesn't even return from the
kernel. This code simply isn't fit for purpose, philosophical debate
aside.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-14 10:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-14 1:06 Userspace I/O driver core Greg KH
2006-12-14 5:48 ` Ben Nizette
2006-12-14 9:44 ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 10:19 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-12-14 10:46 ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 10:54 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-12-14 10:56 ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 17:54 ` Greg KH
2006-12-16 14:48 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2006-12-14 10:25 ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
2006-12-14 10:48 ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 12:39 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-14 13:38 ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 17:48 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-14 18:00 ` Greg KH
2006-12-14 10:52 ` Alan [this message]
2006-12-14 11:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-12-14 11:39 ` Alan
2006-12-14 11:37 ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
2006-12-14 12:45 ` Alan
2006-12-14 12:37 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-14 16:10 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-12-14 21:55 ` Ben Nizette
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