Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:33:56 +0900 | From | Sergey Senozhatsky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/8] introduce dynamic device creation/removal |
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On (02/27/15 14:51), Andrew Morton wrote: > hoo boy. Creating a /dev node and doing ioctls on it is really old > school. So old school that I've forgotten why we don't do it any more. > > Hopefully Alan can recall the thinking?
oh. I thought this is how loop control works, and ioctl there doesn't look insane to me.
any quick hint how do you do this in a modern world so I'll redo the patch set?
-ss
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