Re: device model and character devices

Greg KH wrote:
Because "struct device" generally is not related to a major:minor pair
at all. That is what a struct class_device is for. Lots of struct
device users have nothing to do with a char device, and some have
multiple char devices associated with a single struct device.
Well, OK, but AFAIK, your long-term plan is to merge class_device and device, so in the long-term perspective it does not matter. And those who do not need a character device support may have a possibility to disable it.

All that being said, yes, there is a disconnect between the driver model
parts and the char subsystem. It's been something that I've wanted to
fix for a number of years, but never had the time to do so. If you want
to work toward doing this, I'd be glad to review any patches.
Will see. At this point my knowledge and understanding is not so deep, so I don't think I'm able to provide decent patches. May be in future. For now I'm only wondering.

Thanks.

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityutskiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.
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