Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932713AbWLNNHX (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:07:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932712AbWLNNHX (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:07:23 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:57599 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932714AbWLNNHV (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:07:21 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:55:47 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Alan cc: =?UTF-8?B?SGFucy1Kw7xyZ2Vu?= Koch , Hua Zhong , "'Martin J. Bligh'" , "'Linus Torvalds'" , "'Greg KH'" , "'Jonathan Corbet'" , "'Andrew Morton'" , "'Michael K. Edwards'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] In-Reply-To: <20061214124241.44347df6@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <4580E37F.8000305@mbligh.org> <003801c71f45$45d722c0$6721100a@nuitysystems.com> <20061214111439.11bed930@localhost.localdomain> <200612141231.17331.hjk@linutronix.de> <20061214124241.44347df6@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="1283855629-818596626-1166100947=:6223" X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1301 Lines: 40 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1283855629-818596626-1166100947=:6223 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Dec 14 2006 12:42, Alan wrote: >On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:31:16 +0100 >Hans-Jürgen Koch wrote: >> You think it's easier for a manufacturer of industrial IO cards to >> debug a (large) kernel module? > >You think its any easier to debug because the code now runs in ring 3 but >accessing I/O space. A NULL fault won't oops the system, but of course the wrong inb/inw/inl() or outb* can fubar the machine. >> > uio also doesn't handle hotplug, pci and other "small" matters. >> >> uio is supposed to be a very thin layer. Hotplug and PCI are already >> handled by other subsystems. > >And if you have a PCI or a hotplug card ? How many industrial I/O cards >are still ISA btw ? Something called PC104 out there. -`J' -- --1283855629-818596626-1166100947=:6223-- - 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/