Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964987AbVKVQfb (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:35:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964989AbVKVQfa (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:35:30 -0500 Received: from gateway.argo.co.il ([194.90.79.130]:60689 "EHLO argo2k.argo.co.il") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964988AbVKVQfL (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:35:11 -0500 Message-ID: <438348BB.1050504@argo.co.il> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:35:07 +0200 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Diego Calleja CC: jgarzik@pobox.com, jonsmirl@gmail.com, benh@kernel.crashing.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, airlied@gmail.com, greg@kroah.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Small PCI core patch References: <20051121225303.GA19212@kroah.com> <20051121230136.GB19212@kroah.com> <1132616132.26560.62.camel@gaston> <21d7e9970511211647r4df761a2l287715368bf89eb6@mail.gmail.com> <1132623268.20233.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1132626478.26560.104.camel@gaston> <9e4733910511211923r69cdb835pf272ac745ae24ed7@mail.gmail.com> <43833D61.9050400@argo.co.il> <20051122155143.GA30880@havoc.gtf.org> <43834400.3040506@argo.co.il> <20051122172650.72f454de.diegocg@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051122172650.72f454de.diegocg@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Nov 2005 16:35:09.0711 (UTC) FILETIME=[B42619F0:01C5EF82] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 985 Lines: 22 Diego Calleja wrote: >And no, windows drivers don't work well enought in windows >(try enabling the /3GB switch in your box and check how many drivers >break...) > > I don't have a Windows box, but I'm quite sure Windows (without the more esoteric switches) is quite stable, even in SMP. The '95 and NT 4.0 days are gone. Give the drivers the environment they like (mangle the addresses if necessary, single thread them, allow them larger stacks, whatever it takes) and they will work well. Put them in userspace if you're paranoid or isolate them using binary translation. From this discussion, it looks like the choices of the future are Windows drivers or serial terminals. Excuse me now while I look for my null-modem cable. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/