Re: [RFC] Device Resource Management

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Dec 17 2004 - 14:29:35 EST


On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:05:05AM -0500, Robert Love wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 20:14 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
>
> > Why would it matter if we export this info to userspace? Do any
> > userspace programs care about this information?
>
> We'd love to be able to view and manipulate resource information from
> HAL. As HAL replaces vendor-specific solutions such as, say, kudzu, it
> will need to make device/driver decisions and implement work arounds, so
> this information is incredibly invaluable, let alone just neat to have.

Ok, fair enough. I keep forgetting about the PnP resource mess, I guess
I just want to block that nastiness out of my brain...

thanks,

greg k-h
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