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From: Cedric Le Goater <clg-NmTC/0ZBporQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Devices visibility container
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:20:31 +0200
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To: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
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Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> Paul Menage wrote:
>> On 9/24/07, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>  # /bin/echo -n '+1:5' > /cont/devs/0/devices.char
>>>
>>> More generally, the '+<major>:<minor>' string grants access to
>>> some device, and '-<major>:<minor>' disables one.
>> How about a more forward-compatible API:
>>
>> <major>:<minor>=<permissions>[,<remapped_major>:<remapped_minor>]
> 
> I'd rather make it look like
> 
> <major>:<mino>[:<permissions>][:<map_major>:<map_minor>]
> 
> where
> 
> <permissions>:=[r-][w-] and NULL means rw

bah. numeric mode are better.

C.