From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 21 May 2002 17:28:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 21 May 2002 17:28:15 -0400 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:14490 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 21 May 2002 17:28:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 23:24:49 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Patrick Mochel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: driverfs problems Message-ID: <20020521212449.GA3050@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <200205171408.g4HE8tK65272@d12relay02.de.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I have a.t.m. three different ideas for how to structure the driverfs, in > this case: > a) flat listing: > /root/channel/{0000,0100,0103,0102,1000-13ff} > advantage: reflects the real physical layout, no policy > disadvantage: difficult to parse as a human (similar to pre-devfs /dev/*), > possible scalability problems when scanning through long lists in > kernel I'd prefer this. 65000 is not that much, and anything else is ugly... Pavel -- (about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S. no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa