Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Dec 2019 09:09:39 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v23 12/24] x86/sgx: Linux Enclave Driver |
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On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 10:38:07PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > Why a whole cdev? > > > > Why not use a misc device? YOu only have 2 devices right? Why not 2 > > misc devices then? That saves the use of a whole major number and makes > > your code a _LOT_ simpler. > > The downside would be that if we ever want to add sysfs attributes, that > could not be done synchronously with the device creation.
That is what the groups member of struct misc_device is for.
greg k-h
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