linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] uio/dma-buf: Give UIO users access to DMA addresses.

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Message-ID: <20250414101729.598c1422@windsurf>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:17:29 +0200
From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
To: Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
Cc: Bastien Curutchet <bastien.curutchet@...tlin.com>, Sumit Semwal
 <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] uio/dma-buf: Give UIO users access to DMA
 addresses.

Hello Christian,

On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:41:56 +0200
Christian König <christian.koenig@....com> wrote:

> But anyway please note that when you want to create new UAPI you need
> to provide an open source user of it. E.g. link to a repository or
> something similar in the covert letter should do it.

Could you clarify what is the "reference" user-space user of UIO that
exists today?

Thomas
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