* fundamental driver question ?? @ 2003-09-18 17:14 Todd 2003-09-18 17:26 ` Matt Porter 2003-09-19 5:12 ` Omanakuttan 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Todd @ 2003-09-18 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linuxppc-embedded When a module is driving multiple devices: does the driver code itself have multiple instances, or is there a single instance of the code which is re-entrant?? thanks in advance... ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: fundamental driver question ?? 2003-09-18 17:14 fundamental driver question ?? Todd @ 2003-09-18 17:26 ` Matt Porter 2003-09-19 5:12 ` Omanakuttan 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Matt Porter @ 2003-09-18 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Todd; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 10:14:14AM -0700, Todd wrote: > > When a module is driving multiple devices: does the > driver code itself have multiple instances, or is > there a single instance of the code which is > re-entrant?? reentrant -Matt ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: fundamental driver question ?? 2003-09-18 17:14 fundamental driver question ?? Todd 2003-09-18 17:26 ` Matt Porter @ 2003-09-19 5:12 ` Omanakuttan 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Omanakuttan @ 2003-09-19 5:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Todd; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded Todd wrote: > When a module is driving multiple devices: does the > driver code itself have multiple instances, or is Re-entrant. Moreover the interrupt can can be shared, and based on the device file opened, handling of other functions may differ in the driver. HTH ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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