Torsten Duwe wrote: > On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:11:21 +0100 > Per Jessen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Guillaume Gardet wrote: > >> > I think /dev/vcio is a downstream feature only. So, not available >> > on openSUSE kernel which uses upstream kernels. >> > >> >> Thanks Guillaume >> >> so, what do I need to do to talk to the raspi mailbox? I tried >> creating /dev/vcio myself (majornum 100), but I'm clearly missing > > That's definitely the wrong way. This can only work around a broken > driver that somehow does not trigger udev.
I was wondering. Looking at the bcm2835-mailbox driver, I see no char device being registered - there is another vcio driver out there, but tere is clearly some overlap with bcm2835-mailbox. >> whatever it is that provides that interface. > > A similar patch set has been submitted for sunXi this week. Look > for code that looks like > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10836377/ > > for the broadcom. Thanks Torsten, I'll have a look. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.6°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
