Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access

"Jon Smirl" <[email protected]> writes:

> The minimal vga driver combined with new_id scheme is very simple, it
> works on older kernels, it does not create a new API and it tracks
> ownership of the hardware state.

But it works only with VGAs (I, for example, use setpci-alike things
with non-VGA cards but it's dangerous - who knows if the BARs are set
correctly if the device wasn't enabled by the kernel).
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Krzysztof Halasa
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