Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:03:11 +0100 (GMT)
On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> So they can assign the port entirely to their virtual OS. Which of
> course probably won't actually work if the port is something like a
> USB cable but anyway
Why won't that work? (I don't know _anything_ about USB..)
> The concept is sound. A usermode qcam driver for example might want to
> claim the port this way
Yes, and I imagine WINE and DOSEmu will, when the time comes. The
alternative is to ioctl(CLAIM) the port forever, which could lead to other
device drivers stalling forever in parport_claim_or_block. That's not
really fair.
Tim.
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