On Tue July 1 2008 14:03:35 Jeff Epler wrote: > > 3. It would be nice if users couldn't accidentally re-program their > > FPGAs in mid-run, ie if firmware loading happened at the sole > > discretion of the driver rather than having multiple pieces of > > code twiddling the boards. > > If bfload can determine whether the device's pci regions are in use, it > could avoid programming while another hardware driver is using the > device. Is this possible with any of the pci interface libraries you're > looking at?
Good idea! It's not a feature of the pci libraries, but you can check if /sys/devices/pci*/$(DOMAIN):$(BUS):$(DEVICE).$(FUNCTION)/driver exists, indicating that a kernel driver has claimed the PCI device. For EPP, not so much... -- Sebastian Kuzminsky my brothers are protons / my sisters are neurons I stir it twice, it's instant family! -- Gogol Bordello ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
