Messages in this thread | | | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:47:39 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: Going beyond 256 PCI buses |
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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.
> Fix: > > /proc/bus/PCI/0/0/3/0/config config space
Which breaks xfree86 instantly. This fix is unacceptable.
In fact, the current ioctl/mmap machanism was discussed with and agreed to by the PPC, Alpha, and Sparc64 folks.
Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - 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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