Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:58:33 +0200 | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: Is it useful to support user level drivers |
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At 23:50 +1000 2001-06-21, john slee wrote: >i believe libgpio uses the existing usb/iee1394/serial/parallel >interfaces to provide a limited userspace driver capability.
That only means, however, that the specific kernel drivers explicitly support mid-level usermode access.
They still handle the actual hardware state changes without usermode support.
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