Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: Going beyond 256 PCI buses | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:04:10 -0400 (EDT) |
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David S. Miller writes: > Albert D. Cahalan writes:
>> You've added an ioctl. This isn't just any ioctl. It's a >> wicked nasty ioctl. It's an OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS >> ioctl by any standard. > > It's an ioctl which allows things to work properly in the > framework we currently have.
It's a hack that keeps us stuck with the existing mistakes. We need a transition path to get us away from the old mess.
>> Fix: >> >> /proc/bus/PCI/0/0/3/0/config config space > > Which breaks xfree86 instantly. This fix is unacceptable.
Nope. Keep /proc/bus/pci until Linux 3.14 if you like. The above is /proc/bus/PCI. That's "PCI", not "pci". We still have /proc/pci after all.
> In fact, the current ioctl/mmap machanism was discussed with and > agreed to by the PPC, Alpha, and Sparc64 folks.
Did you somehow miss when Linus scolded you a few weeks ago? How about asking somebody who helps maintain /proc, like Al Viro? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.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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