From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>,
Jidong Xiao <jidong.xiao@gmail.com>,
Kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space?
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:16:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120224201655.GA5994@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120224201027.GA4859@polaris.bitmath.org>
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 09:10:27PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> I am not complaining about the kernel and its driver structure - on
> the contrary. I do, however, see a reason why constructing lower-level
> interfaces to userspace may be of benefit. The kernel is growing
> tremendously fast. Sooner or later, parts of the present driver
> responsibility will have to be split into smaller chunks. Why not
> place those chunks outside the kernel itself?
I fail to understand why you think the growth of the kernel will require
drivers to be split into chunks in the future. Are we somehow growing
faster than is required / needed / wanted and outstripping the size of
what we are allowed to take up on machines?
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-24 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-23 4:56 Jidong Xiao
2012-02-23 15:57 ` Cong Wang
2012-02-23 16:34 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-23 20:48 ` david
2012-02-23 21:01 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 18:21 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-25 15:10 ` Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu
2012-02-26 0:06 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-26 0:29 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-27 11:31 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-26 1:58 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2012-02-26 3:34 ` arts zhao
2012-02-27 11:29 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-25 15:31 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-23 21:18 ` Roland Dreier
2012-02-24 15:19 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 15:38 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 16:38 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 16:54 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 17:06 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 17:13 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 17:21 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 17:31 ` Greg KH
2012-02-25 2:33 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-25 4:28 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 17:10 ` Al Viro
2012-02-25 19:23 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-25 20:55 ` Greg KH
2012-02-25 23:43 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-26 17:40 ` Greg KH
2012-02-26 22:46 ` Greg KH
2012-02-27 11:17 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-02-24 17:07 ` Guenter Roeck
2012-02-24 17:17 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 17:47 ` Guenter Roeck
2012-02-24 18:34 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 19:15 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 19:26 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 20:10 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 20:16 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-02-24 20:37 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 20:56 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 21:22 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 21:30 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-02-24 22:14 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 22:20 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 22:49 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 22:54 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 23:14 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-25 12:15 ` Theodore Tso
2012-02-26 9:54 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-26 4:56 ` Bobby Powers
2012-02-26 10:47 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-26 12:26 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-26 14:23 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-02-26 15:29 ` Henrik Rydberg
[not found] ` <365b85cee33d4f1aadc31336663de21c@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-02-26 15:05 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-26 20:30 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <09a5cca9cffb4300843f682be529e8ca@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-02-26 21:25 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-26 21:35 ` Theodore Tso
[not found] ` <10de0ef9fb5d44c08669191e12343a97@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-02-26 22:03 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-27 11:17 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-02-26 23:08 ` david
2012-02-27 0:01 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-27 0:53 ` david
2012-02-27 9:07 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-03-01 9:54 ` Thomas Gleixner
2012-02-24 15:58 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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