Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA driver overview

From	Alan Tull <atull@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA driver overview
Date	2017-07-18 16:40 +0200
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 03:14:29PM -0500, Alan Tull wrote:
>> > Also, we're thinking that some operations require that you first "acquire
>> > ownership" of the respective device, which I believe maps more easily to
>> > open() and ioctls than sysfs.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > - Enno
>>
>> Yes, sysfs doesn't implement open/close so there's no clean way to
>> have one thing in userspace that owns the interface.  It's a shame.
>
> No, that was by design :)

Well that's good to know!  linux-api is copied on this patchset.  I'm
wondering if there is another mailing list that can weigh in on this
new ioctl that is being added to the kernel or if that's the one.

Alan Tull

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Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA driver overview Alan Tull <atull@kernel.org> - 2017-07-12 17:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA  driver overview Wu Hao <hao.wu@intel.com> - 2017-07-13 06:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA  driver overview "Luebbers, Enno" <enno.luebbers@intel.com> - 2017-07-15 02:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA driver overview Alan Tull <atull@kernel.org> - 2017-07-17 22:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA  driver overview Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> - 2017-07-18 07:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] docs: fpga: add a document for Intel FPGA driver overview Alan Tull <atull@kernel.org> - 2017-07-18 16:40 +0200

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