I wrote: > - There are other types of ABIs for I/O (character device files, block > device files), message-based(?) I/O (netlink), configuration (configfs), > and more.
PS: Device files are not only suitable for bulk I/O via read and write, they are also capable of event notification by means of poll and select and of other kinds of I/O like configuration related I/O by means of ioctl. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- --=- =-=-- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- 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/
