linux-kernel - Re: Userspace I/O driver core

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Message-ID: <20061214105235.46c080ae@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:52:35 +0000
From:	Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: Userspace I/O driver core

> But in order to get this core into the kernel tree, we need to have some
> "real" drivers written that use it.  So, for anyone that wants to see
> this go into the tree, now is the time to step forward and post your
> patches for hardware that this kind of driver interface is needed.

Might be kind of hairy given uio_read() doesn't even return from the
kernel. This code simply isn't fit for purpose, philosophical debate
aside.

Alan
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