Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 01 Sep 1999 17:50:07 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Universal Driver Interface spec available |
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Alan Cox wrote: > Not sure why anyone thinks this is Linux relevant 8) - other than it will help > to make our drivers even faster than the competition if they adopt it. > Have a read, but keep a bucket handy
In response to you and David: I agree :) But if vendors take this seriously, I have a feeling a UDI interface will eventually appear. Lack of UDI support may be an encouragement or a discouragement, depending on the complexity of the device driver.
On a related subject, I think Linux could use a much more coherent -- and documented -- device driver interface. Writing portable Linux device drivers requires very in-depth knowledge of the Linux 'arch' code; I find myself checking the Alpha or Sparc arch code a lot to make sure that the I/O routines and such that I call work as expected.
Regards,
Jeff
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