[PATCH] staging: gasket: TODO: re-implement using UIO

[Ahmed S. Darwish]

The gasket in-kernel framework, recently introduced under staging,
re-implements what is already long-time provided by the UIO
subsystem, with extra PCI BAR remapping and MSI conveniences.

Before moving it out of staging, make sure we add the new bits to
the UIO framework instead, then transform its signle client, the
Apex driver, to a proper UIO driver (uio_driver.h).

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180828103817.GB1397@do-kernel

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/gasket/TODO | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gasket/TODO b/drivers/staging/gasket/TODO
index 6ff8e01b04cc..5b1865f8af2d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gasket/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/gasket/TODO
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 This is a list of things that need to be done to get this driver out of the
 staging directory.
+
+- Implement the gasket framework's functionality through UIO instead of
+  introducing a new user-space drivers framework that is quite similar.
+
+  UIO provides the necessary bits to implement user-space drivers. Meanwhile
+  the gasket APIs adds some extra conveniences like PCI BAR mapping, and
+  MSI interrupts. Add these features to the UIO subsystem, then re-implement
+  the Apex driver as a basic UIO driver instead (include/linux/uio_driver.h)
+
 - Document sysfs files with Documentation/ABI/ entries.
+
 - Use misc interface instead of major number for driver version description.
+
 - Add descriptions of module_param's
+
 - apex_get_status() should actually check status.
+
 - "drivers" should never be dealing with "raw" sysfs calls or mess around with
   kobjects at all. The driver core should handle all of this for you
   automaically. There should not be a need for raw attribute macros.


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