On Thursday 17 March 2011 17:46:48 Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > > > Since I haven't fully understood the distinction between the > > three chardevs, it may of course turn out a bad idea, but I > > think it would simplify the core code if you could assume > > that every iio device has exactly one chardev interface, > > so you could give them the same unique number and manage > > the life time together. > > It simplifies that corner, but I'm a little worried that it > will add a lot of interlinks between the currently fairly > disconnected elements that go through a character device. > > If we can keep those links to a minimum (which I think > we can, but haven't tried yet!) it will be a sensible move. Let's first work out how a single event buffer should work using read and poll, as discussed in the other thread. Once we have sorted that out, this may become a lot clearer. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
