linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Simple userspace interface for PCI drivers

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Message-Id: <200608302232.43125.it21@arcor.de>
Date:	Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:32:42 +0200
From:	Foli Ayivoh <it21@...or.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Matt Porter <mporter@...eddedalley.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Simple userspace interface for PCI drivers

> 
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:34:10AM -0500, Matt Porter wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 11:23:38PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > A while ago, Thomas and I were sitting in the back of a conference
.
.
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> more generic than that.
> 
> "USD" is a bit too close to "USB" for a name.  Any other ideas?
what about  U_IO     ;-)
> 
> > > Thomas has also promised to come up with some userspace code that uses
> > > this interface to show how to use it, but seems to have forgotten.
> > > Consider this a reminder :)
> > 
> > That would be nice to see. I can't see how devices and drivers
> > are registered from user space with what's here. I see
> > iio_register_device() exported but no clue how userspace tells
> > the kernel to claim a device or register an iio driver.
> 
> His posted example should show you how this all works together.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
>
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