On Aug 16, 2005, at 00:34:51, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:23:37PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:
Why can't you just implement the system management actions in the
kernel driver?
Why put things in the kernel unless it's really needed?
I'm not thrillied about the lack of userspace support for this driver
but that still doesn't mean we need to shovel wads of crap into the
kernel.
I'm worried that it might be more of a mess in userspace than it
could be
if done properly in the kernel. Hardware drivers, especially for
something
as critical as the BIOS, should probably be done in-kernel. Look at the
mess that X has become, it mmaps /dev/mem and pokes at the PCI busses
directly. I just don't want an MSI-driver to become another /dev/mem.
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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