Re: Exposing ROM's though sysfs

From: Jesse Barnes (jbarnes_at_engr.sgi.com)
Date: 07/30/04

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    To: linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Date:	Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:00:11 -0700

    On Friday, July 30, 2004 1:54 pm, Martin Mares wrote:
    > > I don't think anyone wants an x86 emulator builtin to the kernel for this
    > > purpose.
    >
    > Well, most people probably do not want a x86 emulator running random ROMs
    > in the userspace, either :-) But unfortunately the world is ugly (at least
    > these parts of it).

    Yep. :(

    > However, point taken. (Although it will not be easy, since you have to
    > avoid kernel drivers touching the device until you can run the ROM in
    > userspace.)

    Yeah, it's a pain.

    > > We can get away without caching a copy of the ROM in the kernel if we
    > > require userspace to cache it before the driver takes control of the card
    > > (i.e. at POST time). Otherwise, the kernel will have to take care of it.
    >
    > In case of the video cards, it is probably the right path to go.

    Great, glad we agree!

    Thanks,
    Jesse
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