Re: [9fans] From our "not quite grasping the concept" file

[Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com>]

Here's a question: What do strings have to do with PCI devices? Don't  
ID tags end with \0 or something?

On Nov 8, 2007, at 2:31 AM, ron minnich wrote:

> I offer this:
> http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/ 
> 5f92fd9fa6c2c64f/ef69521d8d0bd004?lnk=raot
>
> "I dislike strings.  They make it look as if you have a nice  
> extensible
> interface, where in reality you have a poorly documented interface  
> which
> leads to poor interoperability."
>
> So, the decision in the linux virtualization world is to make all
> paravirtual devices look like ... drum roll ... PCI devices. Since, of
> course, PCI device is the Universal device.
>
> My brain hurts.
>
> ron