Alexander Viro wrote: > > On Tue, 15 May 2001, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > > 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? > > Type of filesystem where the file came from? Sure. > I think this is the wrong question. A device can inherently belong to multiple device classes, and it really should be thought of as such. For example a disk may belong, at the same time, to the "scsi", "disk" and "scsi-disk" device classes, meaning that it supports the union of the "scsi" common interfaces, "disk" common interfaces, and "scsi-disk" common interfaces. -hpa -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at work, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Richard Gooch
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Richard Gooch
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Jeff Garzik
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Guest section DW
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Chip Salzenberg
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alexander Viro
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Chip Salzenberg
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Chip Salzenberg
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Chip Salzenberg
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox