Re: [PATCH 4/4] nvme: enable char device per namespace

Christoph Hellwig
2020-12-07T14:07:11Z

On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 09:44:56PM +0100, Javier González wrote:
>> Devices in subdirectories of /dev/ are very rare and keep causing problem
>> with userspace tooling for the few drivers that use them, so I don't
>> think they are a good idea.
>
> Would something like nvmeXnYc work here or your prefer something
> different where we need to implement new, dedicated filters for
> user-space? I thing you suggested nvmegXnY at some point?

I think I suggested /dev/ng*, but maybe that is to short for the modern
times, so the above would work for me.