From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Bryan Small <code_smith@comcast.net>, Sean Young <sean@mess.org>,
Chester <fitchett@phidgets.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: add new USB PhidgetServo driver
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:33:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200404292233.14956.oliver@neukum.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040429194426.GA19315@kroah.com>
> > Yes. You are describing a better devfs, but still devfs. Why not go
> > the whole way?
>
> {sigh} Not again. Come on Oliver... Go read the archives for why
> Linus does not want us to put device nodes in sysfs.
Neither do I. Sorry for being unclear.
> Putting device attributes such as led colors, servo motor controls, etc,
> look to be much the same idea, are much different from the traditional
> block and character nodes we are used to in Unix.
>
> Think of them as mini device specific file systems instead, mounted in a
> device tree.
That I see as the problem. It's mission creep in sysfs. Reminds me of
procfs. IMHO, if you do io, use a device node.
Regards
Oliver
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-29 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-28 18:18 Sean Young
2004-04-28 18:41 ` Greg KH
2004-04-29 1:59 ` Sean Young
2004-04-29 3:08 ` Greg KH
2004-04-29 2:18 ` Bryan Small
2004-04-29 3:10 ` Greg KH
2004-04-29 18:49 ` Bryan Small
2004-04-29 19:10 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-04-29 19:16 ` Greg KH
2004-04-29 19:35 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-04-29 19:44 ` Greg KH
2004-04-29 20:33 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
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