Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:13:46 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: PCI domain stuff |
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David S. Miller wrote: > From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:06:52 -0700 > > Perhaps a libdirectio would be useful? > > The details are very PCI specific, so what you'd be working > on initially is a PCI centric library. > > Over time things can be abstracted, but the initial PCI specific > one would be good enough for xfree86 to link to and make use > of which is a huge step in the right direction. >
Well, "PCI" in this case presumably means PCI/PCI-X/PCI-Express/AGP/HyperTransport, which covers an amazing number of the machines actually being used these days. Obviously it doesn't apply to all, but as you say, it can be abstracted on over time.
-hpa
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