From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265434AbTGADvN (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:51:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265460AbTGADvN (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:51:13 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:1699 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265434AbTGADvL (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:51:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 05:05:31 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Greg KH Cc: willy@debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Patrick Mochel Subject: Re: PCI domain stuff Message-ID: <20030701040531.GB23597@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1057010214.1277.11.camel@albertc> <20030630220758.GA27368@kroah.com> <1057014182.4048.3887.camel@cube> <20030630231515.GA27813@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030630231515.GA27813@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 04:15:15PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > AFAIK, sysfs won't support mmap. > > What do you want to mmap? The PCI config space? We need to support mmaping device resources. I think this actually merits being a first class sysfs concept -- turn a struct resource into an mmapable file. The current fugly ioctl really has to go. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk