Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:08:03 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/5] VT binding: Add sysfs support |
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On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 04:39:51PM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > Add sysfs attributes for binding and unbinding VT console drivers. The > attributes are located in /sys/class/tty/console and are namely: > > A. backend - list registered drivers in the following format: > > "I C: Description"
No, this violates the "one value per file" issue with sysfs. How do you know you will not overflow the buffer passed to you?
> > Where: I = ID number of the driver > C = status of the driver which can be: > > S = system driver > B = bound modular driver > U = unbound modular driver > > Description - text description of the driver > > B. bind - binds a driver to the console layer > > echo <ID> > /sys/class/tty/console/bind > > C. unbind - unbinds a driver from the console layer > > echo <ID> > /sys/class/tty/console/unbind > > The tty layer does nothing to these attributes except create them and punt all > requests to the VT layer.
Why is this needed? What is wrong with the current scheme of binding ttys to the console?
thanks,
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