From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Neukum Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/1] ioctl to disallow detaching kernel USB drivers Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:08:48 +0100 Message-ID: <1448874528.21708.2.camel@suse.com> References: <1448466334-21346-1-git-send-email-emilio.lopez@collabora.co.uk> <5656CEA1.9010203@samsung.com> <20151126172914.GA8671@kroah.com> <565817FD.3090409@samsung.com> <20151128023925.GA5177@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20151128023925.GA5177-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Greg KH Cc: Krzysztof Opasiak , Emilio =?ISO-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?= , stern-nwvwT67g6+6dFdvTe/nMLpVzexx5G7lz@public.gmane.org, kborer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, reillyg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, keescook-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, jorgelo-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, dan.carpenter-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 18:39 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Yes, it's tough, I know, good luck. > > Also deal with multiple devices, busses that are ordered differently > depending on the phase of the moon, and other fun things with dynamic > devices and ioctls. It's a loosing battle :) IMHO the fundamental problem is using one device node per device. And I think it should be tackled. Yet I have no idea how to do this in a compatible manner. Regards Oliver