Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964827AbWEBRNE (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 13:13:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964917AbWEBRNE (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 13:13:04 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.202]:19101 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964899AbWEBRND convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 13:13:03 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=JveTCLosvl21PaYUq5qhq0xBTQT4G5A7QrfcSwniPImGgtm6U3JdIqwql0CFAz9xMphBfZQCofeLVsXpTHZGgMLUZWMt3+90mgAtdTTR9sXPHy1CQ8Zhk0MCNjCpLX4hpd4l3lxQ7cc43aNF2gRLKhHv2RbE4g70/uXHaR1xaH8= Message-ID: <9e4733910605021013h17b72453v3716f68a2cebdee1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:13:02 -0400 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Arjan van de Ven" Subject: Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access 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 In-Reply-To: <44579028.1020201@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <1146300385.3125.3.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <9e4733910605020938h6a9829c0vc70dac326c0cdf46@mail.gmail.com> <44578C92.1070403@linux.intel.com> <9e4733910605020959k7aad853dn87d73348cbcf42cd@mail.gmail.com> <44579028.1020201@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 788 Lines: 25 On 5/2/06, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > 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. Haven't we learned that mucking with hardware from user space without having a device driver loaded is a very bad idea. What is the motivation for providing an API whose only purpose is to enable this bad behavior? -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com - 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/