Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:05:31 -0500 | From | Jon Smirl <> | Subject | Re: POSTing of video cards (WAS: Solo Xgl..) |
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:13:36 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > What we can/should provide, is a ncie helper to do the job once the > driver decides to have a go at it. I think userspace is the right > solution, similar to the firmware loader helpers, as I wrote earlier. > There are a few issues related on trying to run these before / is > mounted or during the sleep process, but those are things I plan to work > on & fix sooner or later. (Which is also why it has to be an > asynchronous API, so that the helper can call back "later" when the > helper has been found).
Can a userspace solution solve the problem of cards that need to be posted when they are coming out of suspend?
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