From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261493AbVFAReC (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:34:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261482AbVFARbh (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:31:37 -0400 Received: from zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.57]:36555 "EHLO zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261481AbVFARat (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:30:49 -0400 Message-ID: <429DF038.3010503@nortel.com> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:28:24 -0600 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: Chris Friesen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040115 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joerg Schilling CC: dtor_core@ameritech.net, toon@hout.vanvergehaald.nl, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, ltd@cisco.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 7eggert@gmx.de Subject: Re: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog References: <26A66BC731DAB741837AF6B2E29C10171E60DE@xmb-hkg-413.apac.cisco.com> <20050530093420.GB15347@hout.vanvergehaald.nl> <429B0683.nail5764GYTVC@burner> <46BE0C64-1246-4259-914B-379071712F01@mac.com> <429C4483.nail5X0215WJQ@burner> <20050531172204.GD17338@voodoo> <429DDA07.nail7BFA4XEC5@burner> <429DEA5B.nail7BFNJVI78@burner> In-Reply-To: <429DEA5B.nail7BFNJVI78@burner> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joerg Schilling wrote: > There is still no new and definitely stable interface that allows me to > asume that it makes sense to put effort in implementing support for it. Why not just accept *any* device node that the user passes in? I fail to see why it matters what the device name is as long as it accepts the required ioctl() commands. Chris