Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964928AbWEBRBD (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 13:01:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964931AbWEBRBB (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 13:01:01 -0400 Received: from fmr17.intel.com ([134.134.136.16]:48864 "EHLO orsfmr002.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964928AbWEBRBA (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 13:01:00 -0400 Message-ID: <44579028.1020201@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 19:00:24 +0200 From: Arjan van de Ven User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Smirl CC: greg@kroah.com, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, airlied@linux.ie, pjones@redhat.com, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access References: <1146300385.3125.3.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <9e4733910605020938h6a9829c0vc70dac326c0cdf46@mail.gmail.com> <44578C92.1070403@linux.intel.com> <9e4733910605020959k7aad853dn87d73348cbcf42cd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9e4733910605020959k7aad853dn87d73348cbcf42cd@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 463 Lines: 14 Jon Smirl wrote: > All of these have been proposed before. I think you forgot to attach the patch > In my opinion an 'enable' > attribute is the worst solution in the bunch. you again limit yourself to VGA. I don't. - 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/