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From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com>
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According to Linus Torvalds:
> I don't see why we couldn't expose the "driver name" for any file
> descriptor.

Is it wise to assume that there is only one such name for *any* file
descriptor?
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Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -             <chip@valinux.com>
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