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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:02:44 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla@...aro.org> CC: josh@...htriplett.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/mem.c: Add /dev/ioports, supporting 16-bit and 32-bit ports On December 22, 2015 1:56:20 PM PST, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote: >On Tuesday 22 December 2015, Santosh Shukla wrote: >> } >> >> So I care for /dev/ioport types interface who could do more than byte >> data copy to/from user-space. I tested this patch with little >> modification and could able to run pmd driver for arm/arm64 case. >> >> Like to know how to address pci_io region mapping problem for >> arm/arm64, in-case /dev/ioports approach is not acceptable or else I >> can spent time on restructuring the patch? >> > >For the use case you describe, can't you use the vfio framework to >access the PCI BARs? > >After all, you are talking about regular PCI devices, not access to >random unknown I/O port numbers. > > Arnd On that subject, shouldn't we have common infrastructure to deal with memory mapped I/O ports in the kernel? Or do we have that now? I obviously don't pay too much attention... -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse brevity and formatting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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