Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030197AbWECNXP (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 09:23:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030199AbWECNXP (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 09:23:15 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.198]:65078 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030197AbWECNXP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 May 2006 09:23:15 -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=aFj8OB3c8tZQvcl71UMc79IB94lXkAjap0TB/FyPInwRyWWKhCM/T0zcBOWQII6SLGBFSOvL6pklMwx7ObhDe00smnaSQ/e4HXbzIg+v0TIdj8JtaMWlPMIJg2qdc2Cx0NJTYYTrpk9IVU5od5OJvw866h0HmeM5HwS6gDDBP4g= Message-ID: <9e4733910605030623w7751ff43u6f1bb7835bf65e88@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 09:23:13 -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: "Dave Airlie" , 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: <4458475F.3010203@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> <44578C92.1070403@linux.intel.com> <9e4733910605020959k7aad853dn87d73348cbcf42cd@mail.gmail.com> <44579028.1020201@linux.intel.com> <9e4733910605021013h17b72453v3716f68a2cebdee1@mail.gmail.com> <1146594457.32045.91.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <9e4733910605021200y6333a67sd2ff685f666cc6f9@mail.gmail.com> <21d7e9970605021440s6cdc3895t57617e5fad6c5050@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910605021452r3aec1035pa475b701b2c3563c@mail.gmail.com> <4458475F.3010203@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1138 Lines: 28 On 5/3/06, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > Jon Smirl wrote: > > On 5/2/06, Dave Airlie wrote: > >> Jon stop being so dramatic, this is just like letting userspace map > >> the BARs, without ownership through sysfs, which is a good thing, you > >> can still map /dev/mem, look we have lots of ways to shoot ourselves > >> in the foot, if we *want* to. > > > > So why don't we just build a VGA class driver or make null fbdev > > I think your mail client is defective, you somehow managed to not attach the patch *again*. > Lack of a patch for a correct solution is no reason to put a bad solution into the kernel. GregKH has a lot to say about PCI class drivers and he has commented on this thread yet. DaveA and I have both attempt to do the correct fix both those attempts have fallen apart main for political reasons. -- 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/