On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 03:44:05PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > This isn't adequately tested, and I don't have a demonstration (yet). > It's here for review for whether it's a good idea in the first place > and for weather the fully_dynamic mechanism is a good idea. > > The current character device interfaces are IMO awful.
That's a total understatement. Redoing the char interface has been in my todo list for a decade now. It's the complexity that happens to be used by just a handful of drivers that have prevented me from doing the rework in the past. Creating a "new" interface that we then port code to is a very good idea, as it can happen over time in a much more orderly way. And we can throw the kernel-janitors people at it once it's working, to convert the rest of the tree, providing them a useful outlet for their need for patch cleanups :) So yes, I'm all for this, thanks so much for looking into this. I'm at a conference this week, but will go over it on the plane home and give you some review comments. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
