Messages in this thread | | | From | Jesse Barnes <> | Subject | Re: Exposing ROM's though sysfs | Date | Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:00:11 -0700 |
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On Friday, July 30, 2004 1:54 pm, Martin Mares wrote: > > I don't think anyone wants an x86 emulator builtin to the kernel for this > > purpose. > > Well, most people probably do not want a x86 emulator running random ROMs > in the userspace, either :-) But unfortunately the world is ugly (at least > these parts of it).
Yep. :(
> However, point taken. (Although it will not be easy, since you have to > avoid kernel drivers touching the device until you can run the ROM in > userspace.)
Yeah, it's a pain.
> > We can get away without caching a copy of the ROM in the kernel if we > > require userspace to cache it before the driver takes control of the card > > (i.e. at POST time). Otherwise, the kernel will have to take care of it. > > In case of the video cards, it is probably the right path to go.
Great, glad we agree!
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