Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 16:53:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 16:53:17 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:58567 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 16:53:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:53:01 -0600 (CST) From: Oliver Xymoron To: Alan Cox cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [patch] Re: Framebuffer...Why oh Why??? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > It's a bit weird... No one thinks about implementing SCSI or Ethernet drivers > > in user space, but for graphics that's all OK. Worse, for graphics it's even > > considered normal that the user space driver plays with the hardware behind the > > kernel driver's back... > > Have a look at the iscsi back end. Which one? -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." - 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/