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 5/6/06, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > The minimal vga driver combined with new_id scheme is very simple, it
> > works on older kernels, it does not create a new API and it tracks
> > ownership of the hardware state.
>
> But it works only with VGAs (I, for example, use setpci-alike things
> with non-VGA cards but it's dangerous - who knows if the BARs are set
> correctly if the device wasn't enabled by the kernel).

Substitute vga with the name of whatever class of device you are
working on and build it a minimal driver for it. The technique is
generic.

> --
> Krzysztof Halasa


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Jon Smirl
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