Re: [PATCH 2/6] staging: ft1000: Use misc device instead self created device.

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

On 11/23/2010 01:29 PM, Marek Belisko wrote:
> Use simple misc device for ioctl driver funtionality testing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@open-nandra.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c |   90 ++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
> index 1aec926..d1784a3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  #include <linux/poll.h>
>  #include <linux/netdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
>  
>  #include <linux/fs.h>
>  #include <linux/kmod.h>
> @@ -78,6 +79,47 @@ static struct file_operations ft1000fops =
>  	.llseek		= no_llseek,
>  };
>  
> +struct ft1000_misc_device {
> +	struct miscdevice dev;
> +	int inf_id;
> +};
> +
> +#define FREE_ID (0xFF)
> +
> +/* we support just 3 devices */
> +#define MAX_DEVICE 3

No, why this should be converted to miscdevice? Leave it as chrdev.

regards,
-- 
js