Re: ANNOUNCE: /dev/bios - flash rom bios driver

Stefan Reinauer (stepan@wesley.informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:39:12 +0100 (CET)


On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 chip@atlantic.net wrote:

> > I don't like that idea very much as it wouldn't map the hardware to a
> > simple logical model. IMHO that is exactly what a hardware driver should
> > do.
>
> I can see that. But since writing the BIOS is so seldom useful, and
> is almost always dangerous, limiting the device interface to reading
> and requiring an ioctl for writing should be adequate.
>
> If the ioctl _enabled_ writing until the next close, rather than
> performing it, then you could even make a utility that only calls
> ioctl() on stdout, and then you could still use dd:
>
> (enable_bios_write; dd if=bios.image) >/dev/bios

Ok... I think I'll implement it his way.

Stefan.

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