Re: RFC/Patch - Implode devfs

From: Dave Jones (davej@codemonkey.org.uk)
Date: Thu Jan 02 2003 - 07:31:02 EST


On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 04:51:21PM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> The most
> significant except that I'm aware of is the ability to create a plain
> file with custom file operations, which is done the Memory Type Range
> Register code, but that code also provides a proc interface for the
> same thing, and I think the proc interface is what everyone uses right
> now anyhow.

There is some userspace code out there doing ioctls on /dev/mtrr
The testgart app uses it, and I *think* thats what X uses.

                Dave

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