Re: device model and character devices

["Artem B. Bityutskiy" <dedekind@yandex.ru>]

Greg KH wrote:
> Because "struct device" generally is not related to a major:minor pair
> at all.  That is what a struct class_device is for.  Lots of struct
> device users have nothing to do with a char device, and some have
> multiple char devices associated with a single struct device.
Well, OK, but AFAIK, your long-term plan is to merge class_device and 
device, so in the long-term perspective it does not matter. And those 
who do not need a character device support may have a possibility to 
disable it.

> All that being said, yes, there is a disconnect between the driver model
> parts and the char subsystem.  It's been something that I've wanted to
> fix for a number of years, but never had the time to do so.  If you want
> to work toward doing this, I'd be glad to review any patches.
Will see. At this point my knowledge and understanding is not so deep, 
so I don't think I'm able to provide decent patches. May be in future. 
For now I'm only wondering.

Thanks.

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityutskiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.
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