+++ Joerg Sonnenberger [22/08/06 15:23 +0200]: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 12:27:38PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > > On 21.08.2006, at 15:14, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > > >>Well, I investigated doing this at some point, but it seemed quite > > >>impossible at this time. We'd have to change the device handling, so > > >>that a driver can hand out private devices for an open and not have > > >>just one device per major/minor. > Check for lwp_dupfd.
uhm, yes. but this is marked as XXX UGLY everywhere, and i have to agree that it *is* ugly. we should streamline this a little bit i think. How about passing the device as a pointer so it can be modified by dev_open, or passing the fd to be able to change the details and some service routines? cheers simon -- Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low $$$ NOW!1 +++ Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \
