Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:49:22 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some PCI-related programming things Message-ID: <200103212249.f2LMnNh02785@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:25:34 %2B0600." <Pine.LNX.4.10.10103211522410.16182-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>
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> > Because dinking with PCI configuration space is usually the wrong thing
> > to do from userland.
>
> So what about pciconf(8)?
It's a special case.
> > > This code is used, actually, in char device driver.
> >
> > Mm, so what's it doing in userspace? 8)
>
> Did I say I'm doing it from userspace?! If I did (too lazy to dig into
> sent-mail), I beg your pardon :)
Your FreeBSD sample involved making an ioctl call, so it must have been
from userspace.
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