From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Altobelli, David" <david.altobelli@hp.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HP iLO driver
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:05:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48518F99.7060003@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CF70AA892F109448AEA269483B3A983903B6F79CCA@G1W1215.americas.hpqcorp.net>
Altobelli, David wrote:
>> Wouldn't /dev/hpilo/ccbN be a more appropriate namespace?
>
> Yes, that would be more clear. The code is currently defined to a maximum of 1 hardware device, but this could change, and the dev path should probably reflect that.
>
> How do you feel about /dev/hpiloX/ccbN, where X is 0, 1, ... Num_Devices-1?
I'd rather see /dev/hpilo/dXcY, the point being to try to declutter the
/dev root.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-12 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-12 18:23 [PATCH] HP iLO driver David Altobelli
2008-06-12 18:34 ` 2.6.26-rc5: CFI: Found no ck804xrom @ffc00000 device at location zero John Stoffel
2008-06-12 20:25 ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-12 20:25 ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-13 2:51 ` John Stoffel
2008-06-13 2:51 ` John Stoffel
2008-06-13 19:39 ` John Stoffel
2008-06-13 19:39 ` John Stoffel
2008-06-12 18:37 ` [PATCH] HP iLO driver H. Peter Anvin
2008-06-12 19:37 ` Altobelli, David
2008-06-12 21:05 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-06-13 8:30 ` Michael Tokarev
2008-06-13 13:54 ` Altobelli, David
2008-06-12 20:13 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-06-12 21:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-06-12 19:04 ` Heikki Orsila
2008-06-12 20:16 ` Altobelli, David
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-06-16 14:07 David Altobelli
2008-07-01 6:01 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-01 21:01 ` Altobelli, David
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