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

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Message-ID: <20060912194714.GA1970@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:47:14 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Simple userspace interface for PCI drivers

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 11:23:38PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> So, here's the code.  I think it does a bit too much all at once, but it
> is an example of how this can be done.  This is working today in some
> industrial environments, successfully handling hardware controls of very
> large and scary machines.

At present it is named uio in -mm. But that seems to conflict with a
few cases (uio.h + Solaris).

How about:
Universal User IO => uuio

A quick google did not turn up anything conflicting.

[Lost the mail thread about naming so replying to this old mail instead].

	Sam
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