Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:52:57 +0400 | From | "Artem B. Bityutskiy" <> | Subject | Re: device model and character devices |
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Greg KH wrote: > Because "struct device" generally is not related to a major:minor pair > at all. That is what a struct class_device is for. Lots of struct > device users have nothing to do with a char device, and some have > multiple char devices associated with a single struct device. Well, OK, but AFAIK, your long-term plan is to merge class_device and device, so in the long-term perspective it does not matter. And those who do not need a character device support may have a possibility to disable it.
> All that being said, yes, there is a disconnect between the driver model > parts and the char subsystem. It's been something that I've wanted to > fix for a number of years, but never had the time to do so. If you want > to work toward doing this, I'd be glad to review any patches. Will see. At this point my knowledge and understanding is not so deep, so I don't think I'm able to provide decent patches. May be in future. For now I'm only wondering.
Thanks.
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