Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 5/7] mfd: cros_ec: Instantiate ChromeOS EC character device

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On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:

> Hello Lee,
> 
> On 01/20/2015 05:29 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> > 
> > It's not a blocker, but it is a ridiculous name to use inside the
> > driver/ directory 'cos almost everything is a dev(ice) here.
> > 
> 
> Right, do you think that "cros-ec-chardev" will be a more suitable
> name? Sorry, I'm really bad at naming things...

But is it really a chardev?  Don't chardevs usually live in
drivers/char?  It probably uses a chardev node in /dev, but what does
it really do?  What information can/will userspace obtain from this
memory block?

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