GUPA (Grand Unified PCI API)

Joel Sherrill joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com
Fri Feb 7 14:10:07 UTC 2003



Valette Eric wrote:
> 
> Till Straumann wrote:
> 
> > It would certainly be nice to have a common API for PCI access.
> 
> I think linux API is fine and help to port drivers... I probably used it
> on PPC. I do not remember for Ix86...

Not to be picky but since Linux drivers are usually pure GPL'ed and
BSD ones are the preferred ones for starting points due to their
license.  If the API is to change to be more compatible with anything
is should be *BSD.

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