I should be more specific, it's mapping the ROM into PCI space that the kernel doesn't know about. Of course the kernel knows about the mapping from PCI space to user space. During a hotplug event the kernel could map the new device on top of the ROM in PCI space.
--- Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Play with the PCI registers. Kernel has no clue what you are doing to them. > > --- David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:48:09AM -0800, Jon Smirl wrote: > > >I'm working on a function like the one below for copying out the VBIOS ROM. > > This > > >would make a good candidate for a device indepenent DRM IOCTL (with a > callout > > >for the bug fix). This is something that really should be fixed in X. > Mapping > > >the ROM in from user space without the kernel's knowledge is asking for > > trouble > > >on hotplug systems. > > > > How is it possible to map the ROM into user space without the kernel's > > knowledge? > > > > David > > -- > > David Dawes > > developer/release engineer The XFree86 > Project > > www.XFree86.org/~dawes > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, > > 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest > > developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, > > WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Dri-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > > > ===== > Jon Smirl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, > 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest > developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, > WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel ===== Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
