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    SubjectRe: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19
    On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:12:04PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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    >
    > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Greg KH wrote:
    > >
    > > - userspace io driver interface added. This allows the ability
    > > to write userspace drivers for some types of hardware much
    > > easier than before, going through a simple interface to get
    > > accesses to irqs and memory regions. A small kernel portion
    > > is still needed to handle the irq properly, but that is it.
    >
    > Ok, what kind of ass-hat idiotic thing is this?
    >
    > irqreturn_t uio_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
    > {
    > return IRQ_HANDLED;
    > }
    >
    > exactly what is the point here? No way will I pull this kind of crap. You
    > just seem to have guaranteed a dead machine if the irq is level-triggered,
    > since it will keep on happening forever.

    It's a stupid test module for the uio core for isa devices. It's not
    the main code, or core.

    > Please remove.
    >
    > YOU CANNOT DO IRQ'S BY LETTING USER SPACE SORT IT OUT!

    I agree, that's why this code doesn't let userspace sort it out. You
    have to have a kernel driver to handle the irq.

    > It's really that easy. The irq handler has to be _entirely_ in kernel
    > space. No user-space ass-hattery here.

    Agreed.

    > And I don't care one whit if it happens to work on parport with an old
    > legacy ISA interrupt that is edge-triggered. That's not even the
    > interesting case. Never will be.

    I agree. But that's all that this test module did. It handled an isa
    interrupt that was edge triggered.

    > NAK NAK NAK NAK.

    Ok, I can pull this example module out if you want, but people seem to
    want examples these days. If I do that, any objection to the rest?

    thanks,

    greg k-h
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