From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753429AbXLFLtZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 06:49:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752034AbXLFLtR (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 06:49:17 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:39429 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752248AbXLFLtQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 06:49:16 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:49:12 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: "Jaursch, Bill" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FW: Guidance on resources for User Space Device Drivers on 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20071206114912.GL15974@stusta.de> References: <32A49E5BEBD67A4F877032926EFAA4D209283BD7@ms08.mse3.exchange.ms> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <32A49E5BEBD67A4F877032926EFAA4D209283BD7@ms08.mse3.exchange.ms> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:29:23AM -0500, Jaursch, Bill wrote: > I have am in the process of writing a driver that is software only.  I would like to avoid the caveats of a kernel mode installable module. >... What is "a driver that is software only" (all kernel code is also software only...)? You must describe what you want to do for people being able to actually help you. > Thanks, > Bill cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed