Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:56:35 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: multiple drivers, single device (was Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))) |
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Greg KH wrote: > The work I'm doing here is for stupid PCI firmware engineers, who have > created devices that are different things, all bound up under the same > PCI device. I'm thinking of watchdog timers and random number > generator and i2c controller on the same PCI device, or even the more > basic, frame buffer and DRM access to the same PCI video device.
Yes, that has a known solution: have your driver register i2c, rng, watchdog, etc. functions.
Works just fine inside today's infrastructure, no changes needed.
Jeff
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