Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:09:32 +0900 | From | Jiho Chu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] trinity: Add base driver |
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:56:51 +0200 "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, at 4:49 PM, Jiho Chu wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Sep 2022 09:41:13 +0200 > > "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > >> > >> If you have the need to manage multiple devices here, maybe use > >> a dynamic major number and have the chardev code allocate the > >> minor numbers, instead of using multiple misc devices and > >> doing that yourself. > >> > > > > I'm little confusing. It means that managing own char devices is proper, > > not using misc device? But, it's still under misc dir. > > There is no strict connection between miscdevices and drivers/misc. > > The former is for drivers that tend to have only one instance > in a system, while the latter is for drivers that do not have > a separate subsystem. > > Arnd >
Thanks for the clarification. Allocating a dynamic major could be better for trinity, which could have multiple instances. I'll rewrite code for it in next revision.
Best regards, Jiho chu
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