Re: [patch] rio500 devfs support

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>]

Gregory T. Norris writes:
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> Here's an updated version of the patch - the only real difference is
> that rio500.c will printk an error message if devfs_register() fails.=20
> I left that out originally because devfs logs the error, but it's
> probably a good idea to indicate which driver made the request.

No, it's a bad idea to test the error from devfs_register() unless you
*really* have a good reason. Most people who think they have a good
reason actually don't, they're just confused :-)

The reason you don't want to test the return value is that way the
driver works fine with CONFIG_DEVFS=n. Otherwise, you have a driver
that doesn't work with devfs, or you have to put ugly #ifdef's in the
code.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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