From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
To: filia@softhome.net
Cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: f_ops flag to speed up compatible ioctls in linux kernel
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:52:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040901095229.GA11908@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <courier.41359B53.00007549@softhome.net>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:50:11AM -0600, filia@softhome.net wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Stop being arrogant.
> Can you please elaborate on how to make Linux kernel support e.g. motion
> controllers? They do not fit *any* known to me driver interface. They have
> several axes, they have about twenty parameters (float or integer), and
parameters nicely fit in sysfs.
> they have several commands, a-la start, graceful stop, abrupt stop. Plus
> obviously diagnostics - about ten another commands with absolutely
> different parameters. And about ten motion monitoring commands. And this is
> one example I were need to program.
a write() interface doesn't work???
Hard to believe, you even call them commands.
fd = open("/dev/funkydevice");
write(fd, "start");
doesn't sound insane to me
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-01 9:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-01 9:50 f_ops flag to speed up compatible ioctls in linux kernel filia
2004-09-01 9:52 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2004-09-01 10:16 ` filia
[not found] ` <4135B9FC.7050602@hist.no>
2004-09-01 13:29 ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2004-09-01 15:28 ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2004-09-02 7:29 ` Helge Hafting
2004-09-01 13:43 ` Olivier Galibert
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2004-12-27 22:22 Michael S. Tsirkin
2004-09-01 15:40 Albert Cahalan
2004-09-01 21:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2004-09-01 21:38 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-01 21:43 ` Chris Wright
2004-09-01 21:44 ` Roland Dreier
2004-09-01 15:36 Albert Cahalan
2004-09-01 15:59 ` Roland Dreier
2004-09-01 21:53 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2004-09-01 22:58 ` Roland Dreier
2004-09-01 23:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2004-09-01 7:22 Michael S. Tsirkin
2004-09-01 7:32 ` viro
2004-09-01 7:44 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2004-09-01 7:47 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-01 8:19 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2004-09-01 15:55 ` Roland Dreier
2004-09-01 18:02 ` Chris Wright
2004-09-01 18:12 ` Roland Dreier
2004-09-01 18:31 ` viro
2004-09-01 20:54 ` Roland Dreier
[not found] ` <20040901170800.K1924@build.pdx.osdl.net>
[not found] ` <20040901190122.L1924@build.pdx.osdl.net>
2004-09-02 3:46 ` Roland Dreier
2004-09-01 18:06 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-09-01 8:30 ` Arjan van de Ven
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