On Wed, 16 May 2001, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > This is still a really bad idea. You don't want to tie this kind of > > things to the name. > > Why do you think it's a bad idea? Well, one reason names are bad is that they don't always exist. If you only have the fd (remember that unix notion of using <stdin> and <stdout>), you'd have no clue where the thing came from. So something else than the name is certainly a good idea for some of these issues. That said, I still think the real problem is rampant use of ioctl's, which are a bad idea in the first place. Magic numbers are always bad, and are a sign of bad design. Linus - 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/
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- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- 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 Richard Gooch
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- 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 Kai Henningsen
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Kai Henningsen
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Linus Torvalds
- 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
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- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Chip Salzenberg
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