> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@suse.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 1:25 AM
> To: Wang, Qi
> Cc: meego-dev@meego.com; Khor, Andrew Chih Howe; okada; shimizu; miyata;
> Masayuki Ohtake; Wang, Yong Y; Tomoya MORINAGA
> Subject: Re: About sysfs data size limitaion
> 
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 03:35:59PM +0800, Wang, Qi wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > As you pointed out, PCH_PHUB patch should be implemented with sysfs
> interface.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > PCH_PHUB driver need access 15,361 Byte option ROM, but on i386, the
> > buffer will be 4096B. With this kind of way, we need several buffer.
> 
> Nope, just use a single sysfs file, a "binary" sysfs file, which will
> allow you to mmap the rom and do all sorts of things to it from
> userspace, which is exactly what you are wanting to do, right?

Yes. We can implement it with binary sysfs file. Thank you for your help.
> 
> > Another way to implement PCH_PHUB driver is mmap the kernel space to
> > user space. Perhaps it’s better.
> 
> Nope, just use a binary sysfs file please.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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