Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/6] PCI legacy I/O port free driver (take2) - Add device_flags into pci_device_id | Date | Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:59:51 +0100 |
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On Tuesday 21 February 2006 21:56, Greg KH wrote:
> I don't think you can add fields here, after the driver_data field. It > might mess up userspace tools a lot, as you are changing a userspace > api.
User space should look at the ASCII files (modules.*), not the binary As long as the code to generate these files still works it should be ok.
> Do you _really_ need to pass this information back from userspace to the > driver in this manner?
Well driver_data wouldn't be needed then either. Obviously it's for more than just userspace.
-Andi
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