On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 08:10:29AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > That said: > > > /* Use scsi if possible [scsi, ide-scsi, usb-scsi, ...] */ > > if(HAS_FEATURE_SET(fd, "scsi-tape")) > > ... > > else if(HAS_FEATURE_SET(fd, "floppy-tape")) > > .. > > doesn't look horrible, That is good and the thing other OS do since years. The call it "DEVCAPS" or "device capabilities". They use bitmasks for this (which might not be perfect). > and I don't see why we couldn't expose the "driver > name" for any file descriptor. Because we dont like to replace: if (st.device == MAJOR_1) bla else if ... with if (!strcmp(st.device,"driver_1") ) bla else if ... ? There is no win doing it this way, because every time we add a new driver that fits or change the name of one, we need add support for it. But the device majors are not needed for this, that's true ;-) Regards Ingo Oeser -- 10.+11.03.2001 - 3. Chemnitzer LinuxTag <http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag> <<<<<<<<<<<< been there and had much fun >>>>>>>>>>>> - 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/
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alexander Viro
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Linus Torvalds
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Daniel Phillips
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants James Simmons
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Chip Salzenberg
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants James Simmons
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Jan Harkes
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Martin Dalecki
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Ingo Oeser
- 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 Richard Gooch
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alexander Viro
- 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 Alexander Viro
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Richard Gooch