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    SubjectRe: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH]device arguments from lookup)
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    On Monday 21 May 2001 19:16, Oliver Xymoron wrote:
    > What I'd like to see:
    >
    > - An interface for registering an array of related devices (almost
    > always two: raw and ctl) and their legacy device numbers with a
    > single userspace callout that does whatever /dev/ creation needs to
    > be done. Thus, naming and permissions live in user space. No "device
    > node is also a directory" weirdness...

    Could you be specific about what is weird about it?

    > ...which is overkill in the vast majority of cases.

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    Daniel

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