Hi! > >It has everything to do with the 'enable' file. The > >'enable' file lets > >you change the state of the hardware without an > >ownership mechanism. > >Other device users will not be notified of the state > >change. Since the > >other users can't be sure of the state of the hardware > >when they are > >activated, they will have to reload their state into > >the hardware on > >every activation. > > you seem to miss the fact that this can be done now > without the enable > flag, setpci can be used to disable the BARs, again the > enable flag > doesn't change that.... ...well, when you launch setpci, you are firmly in 'unsupported' land. While 'enable' sounds like something where users expect it to be supported. -- Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
- Follow-Ups:
- References:
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: Peter Jones <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: Ian Romanick <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: "Jon Smirl" <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: "Jon Smirl" <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: "Jon Smirl" <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: "Jon Smirl" <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- From: "Dave Airlie" <[email protected]>
- Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- Prev by Date: Re: [PATCH 7/14] random: Remove SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM from network drivers
- Next by Date: Re: minixfs bitmaps and associated lossage
- Previous by thread: Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- Next by thread: Re: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access
- Index(es):
 |