Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751305AbWHaIad (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:30:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751346AbWHaIad (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:30:33 -0400 Received: from smtp19.orange.fr ([80.12.242.17]:17914 "EHLO smtp-msa-out19.orange.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751305AbWHaIad (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:30:33 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20060831083031917.E01261C000ED@mwinf1909.orange.fr Subject: Re: [RFC] Simple userspace interface for PCI drivers From: Xavier Bestel To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner In-Reply-To: <20060830062338.GA10285@kroah.com> References: <20060830062338.GA10285@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1157013027.7566.515.camel@capoeira> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-1) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:30:27 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 24 Hi Greg, On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 08:23, Greg KH wrote: [...] > Thomas and I lamented that we were getting tired of seeing stuff like > this, and it was about time that we added the proper code to the kernel > to provide everything that would be needed in order to write PCI drivers > in userspace in a sane manner. Really all that is needed is a way to > handle the interrupt, everything else can already be done in userspace > (look at X for an example of this...) [...] > So, here's the code. I know I look like I'm trolling here, but as this is the perfect stable-binary-driver-ABI some people have been looking for, it would be wise to make it taint the kernel with its own flag. Xav - 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/