From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 6.mo4.mail-out.ovh.net ([188.165.36.253] helo=mo4.mail-out.ovh.net) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1UD9MA-0002jT-Qw for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:05:48 +0000 Received: from mail413.ha.ovh.net (gw6.ovh.net [213.251.189.206]) by mo4.mail-out.ovh.net (Postfix) with SMTP id AC35D104DFEE for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:16:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:01:18 +0100 From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Message-ID: <20130306080118.GA4401@game.jcrosoft.org> References: <1361014553-24489-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> <20130306074327.GD1906@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130306074327.GD1906@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] devfs: add symlink support To: Sascha Hauer Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On 08:43 Wed 06 Mar , Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:35:53PM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD > > --- > > fs/devfs.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/driver.h | 1 + > > 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+) > > What's your usecase with this patch? Telling me could increase my > motivation applying it. I use it to handle boot device and tty today so the application part does not care about the real hardware they always have the same device (file) to search > > One thing I see with this patch that the next thing would be to add > directory support to debugfs in which case we might be better off > adding real device nodes and remove the devfs like we have it now > completely. yeah I've the idea to rewrite the devfs completly and the ramfs too as the ramfs should be at vfs level so the devfs will nearly implement nothing Best Regards, J. > > Sascha > > > -- > Pengutronix e.K. | | > Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | > Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | > Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox