Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access

[Jon Smirl]

On 5/3/06, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jon Smirl wrote:
> > On 5/2/06, Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx> 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.


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Jon Smirl
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