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

[Greg KH]

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 :)