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SubjectRe: [PATCH v23 12/24] x86/sgx: Linux Enclave Driver
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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