On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 11:07:04AM +0530, Abhijit Gadgil wrote: > Greg KH wrote : > > Is it not a overkill? 'to make your own filesystem'? No. Remember, there are no more major/minor numbers being given out. Making a filesystem is the way of the future for replacing the "traditional" driver interface (char or block interfaces.) It allows you to control a device using simple shell scripts, instead of relying on ioctl interfaces. driverfs makes this quite easy (as easy as procfs, if not, let us know, it's still early enough to change the interface). Take a look at pcihpfs to see how simple it is to roll your own. Also realize that most of the core kernel interfaces have already been converted to filesystems (tmpfs, sockfs, and others), and more are on the way. thanks, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
