Alan Cox wrote:
I'm also not aware of any reason other than history, which means if
someone cares to double check the other drivers there really shouldn't be
an obstacle to "fixing" this behaviour.
Unless anyone knows different ?
As long as the new behavior continues to call
driver->close() if driver->open() succeeds
then I see no problem.
If individual drivers are correctly doing internal
reference counting to handle driver->close() calls
without a preceding successful driver->open() call
(usually just doing nothing), then they should
continue to operate correctly without the extra
and unnecessary driver->close().
--
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
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