From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262136AbULQT1U (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:27:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262133AbULQTYy (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:24:54 -0500 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:4844 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262134AbULQTYS (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:24:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:18:20 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Robert Love Cc: ambx1@neo.rr.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mochel@digitalimplant.org, len.brown@intel.com, shaohua.li@intel.com, Bjorn Helgaas Subject: Re: [RFC] Device Resource Management Message-ID: <20041217191819.GA21238@kroah.com> References: <20041211054509.GA2661@neo.rr.com> <20041216041405.GA23223@kroah.com> <1103173505.6052.282.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1103173505.6052.282.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:05:05AM -0500, Robert Love wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 20:14 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > Why would it matter if we export this info to userspace? Do any > > userspace programs care about this information? > > We'd love to be able to view and manipulate resource information from > HAL. As HAL replaces vendor-specific solutions such as, say, kudzu, it > will need to make device/driver decisions and implement work arounds, so > this information is incredibly invaluable, let alone just neat to have. Ok, fair enough. I keep forgetting about the PnP resource mess, I guess I just want to block that nastiness out of my brain... thanks, greg k-h