Q: /proc/driver file philosophy
Hi, I'm maintaining a device driver that has recently had the ability to control multiple units added to it. At present, applications can get info on the driver's and hardware's status through a file in /proc/driver. What I would like to know is what the prefered way to handle multiple devices is: multiple files in /proc/driver or one file with multiple sections in it? As the developer of the driver's associated user space utilities I think my preference is for multiple files because that keeps those apps as simple as possible. As the developer of the driver, however, having a single /proc file and a loop is the simplest solution. So is there an (un)official position on this sort of thing or should I flip a coin? -Kipp - 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/
Q: /proc/driver file philosophy
Hi, I'm maintaining a device driver that has recently had the ability to control multiple units added to it. At present, applications can get info on the driver's and hardware's status through a file in /proc/driver. What I would like to know is what the prefered way to handle multiple devices is: multiple files in /proc/driver or one file with multiple sections in it? As the developer of the driver's associated user space utilities I think my preference is for multiple files because that keeps those apps as simple as possible. As the developer of the driver, however, having a single /proc file and a loop is the simplest solution. So is there an (un)official position on this sort of thing or should I flip a coin? -Kipp - 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: temperature standard - global config option?
Hi, It seems that a lot of people are agreeing that the unit should be a multiple of 1 kelvin but to my eyes there are two camps and I just want to make sure that everyone's being clear with their notation. If the kernel tells me the temperature is 1 (one) what should that mean? If it's spitting out 0.1* as people are claiming the ACPI stuff does then 1 means 10 kelvin or 1 dekakelvin, not a decikelvin as other people are saying they would prefer to see used. Or are people being braindamaged and by "0.1*K" they mean that ACPI spits out 10*? Which would then mean that everyone does agree afterall that the unit should be a decikelvin although they don't necessarily know what multiplication means :-). -Kipp - 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: temperature standard - global config option?
Hi, It seems that a lot of people are agreeing that the unit should be a multiple of 1 kelvin but to my eyes there are two camps and I just want to make sure that everyone's being clear with their notation. If the kernel tells me the temperature is 1 (one) what should that mean? If it's spitting out 0.1*temperature in K as people are claiming the ACPI stuff does then 1 means 10 kelvin or 1 dekakelvin, not a decikelvin as other people are saying they would prefer to see used. Or are people being braindamaged and by 0.1*K they mean that ACPI spits out 10*temperature in K? Which would then mean that everyone does agree afterall that the unit should be a decikelvin although they don't necessarily know what multiplication means :-). -Kipp - 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/
anybody home at device@lanana.org?
Hi. I've sent some messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] but haven't received any responses. Does anyone know if there's anybody home? -Kipp - 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/
