Hi!
> > > Oh, it can be done on-the-fly in
> > > sys_put_this_stuff_where_appropriate(image data) (at the expense of one
> > > redundant check per call).
> >
> > Yes, but it is still ugly, as you keep some context across the
> > syscalls.
>
> That depends on how you implement the interface. If you insist on using
> ioctls then yes, it's ugly. However, if it is a file in sysfs, for example,
> then you have well-defined open(), close(), read() and write() operations
> and it is assumed you will keep some context accross eg. write()s.
I was trying to keep kernel code simple. Yes, if we do it sysfs based,
that's probably not a problem. I'm not sure if nice sysfs interface
can be done without excessive ammount of code.
Pavel
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Thanks, Sharp!
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