From: Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Simple userspace interface for PCI drivers
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:50:55 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44F6164F.6000709@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060830175250.GA6258@kroah.com>
Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:07:44PM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote:
>> Being a bit excited and it is really interesting to have such a
>> proposal, it would simplify the matters that held us up even more,
>> probably. The name sounds fine though. All i was wondering whether there
>> would be any high latencies for the same using in such a context. But
>> since the transfers would occur in any way, even with a kernel mode
>> driver, i think it should be pretty much fine.
>
> As mentioned, this framework is being used in industrial settings right
> now, where latencies are a huge issue. It works just fine, so I do not
> think there are any problems in this area.
Cool.
Is there some way we can avoid the poll ? It would be a real gain
indeed, if a POLL can be avoided.
Regards,
Manu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-30 22:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-30 6:23 [RFC] Simple userspace interface for PCI drivers Greg KH
2006-08-30 10:09 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-08-30 14:34 ` Matt Porter
2006-08-30 16:25 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-08-30 17:55 ` Greg KH
2006-08-30 20:32 ` Foli Ayivoh
2006-08-30 21:01 ` Matthias Schniedermeyer
2006-08-30 21:25 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-08-30 22:08 ` Greg KH
2006-09-01 1:36 ` Brice Goglin
2006-09-01 3:22 ` Greg KH
2006-09-01 3:37 ` Brice Goglin
2006-09-01 4:27 ` Greg KH
2006-08-31 13:49 ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-01 18:16 ` Greg KH
2006-08-30 17:07 ` Manu Abraham
2006-08-30 17:52 ` Greg KH
2006-08-30 22:50 ` Manu Abraham [this message]
2006-08-31 0:17 ` Greg KH
2006-08-31 13:24 ` Manu Abraham
2006-08-31 22:42 ` Greg KH
2006-08-31 7:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-31 8:05 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-08-31 8:30 ` Xavier Bestel
2006-08-31 20:39 ` Lee Revell
2006-08-31 20:53 ` Chris Friesen
2006-08-31 21:39 ` Greg KH
2006-08-31 20:58 ` Xavier Bestel
2006-08-31 21:12 ` Lee Revell
2006-08-31 21:18 ` Xavier Bestel
2006-08-31 21:33 ` Manu Abraham
2006-08-31 21:40 ` Greg KH
2006-09-01 21:17 ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-03 8:34 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-12 19:47 ` Sam Ravnborg
2006-09-14 5:57 ` Greg KH
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