On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 10:42:45AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 9. Juli 2003 02:09 schrieb Greg KH: > > On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:14:00AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, 8. Juli 2003 23:39 schrieb Greg KH: > > > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 04:08:41PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > > > > .txt. But do you really need all these device > > > > > numbers? Consider using devfs, which does dynamic device number > > > > > assignment. > > > > > > > > It does? Through what calls? > > > > > > devfs_register(): > > > > > > if ( ( S_ISCHR (mode) || S_ISBLK (mode) ) && > > > (flags & DEVFS_FL_AUTO_DEVNUM) ) > > > > Not present in 2.5, and only 1 driver used it in 2.4. > > > > Well, the ia64 port had some support for some devices that used this, > > but it is minimal. > > > > So no, using devfs for dynamic number assignment is not a valid > > solution. > > You could certainly argue that devfs should not generate numbers. > It should just export them nicely. By the same argument, what USB > currently does, is wrong as well. > The right place to generate numbers is in the driver core IMHO.
I totally agree. I'll be working on this in 2.7 :) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
