Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:01:39 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: I request inclusion of SAS Transport Layer and AIC-94xx into the kernel |
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Andrew Patterson wrote: > SDI is supposed to be a cross-platform spec, so mandating sysfs would > not work. I suggested to the author to use a library like HPAAPI (used > by Fibre channel), so you could hide OS implementation details. I am in > fact working on such a beasty (http://libsdi.berlios.de). He thinks > that library solutions tend to not work, because the library version is > never in synch with the standard/LLDD's. Given Linux vendor lead-times, > he does have a valid point.
Any kernel interface lib should be like libc or libalsa: it hides the kernel details, however nasty they may be, shielding userspace and apps from various changes over time.
Jeff
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