linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uio_pci_generic does not export memory resources

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Message-ID: <1339175266.26423.20.camel@tesla>
Date:	Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:07:46 +0200
From:	Dominic Eschweiler <eschweiler@...s.uni-frankfurt.de>
To:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio_pci_generic does not export memory resources

Am Freitag, den 08.06.2012, 18:37 +0200 schrieb Hans J. Koch:
> It does, the documentation is just not very explicit when it comes to
> memory mapping. 

OK, quoting the other mail:

Am Freitag, den 08.06.2012, 19:39 +0300 schrieb Michael S. Tsirkin:

> Documentation says this:
> 
>         Userspace driver can use pci sysfs interface, or the
>         libpci libray that wraps it, to talk to the device and to
>         re-enable interrupts by writing to the command register. 

I think should ditch the discussion about the patch and I'm going to
revise the documentation? I read this part a couple of times and allways
thought the "sysfs interface" refers to the UIO sysfs entry. 

Therefore, would it be OK if I send a patch for the documentation next
week?

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  Dominic

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