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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/16] chardev: introduce cdev_get_by_path()
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On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 01:24:22PM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> >> Assuming that there is a open handle somewhere out there...
> 
> Yes, that would be a step backwards from an interface. The user would
> then need a special process to open the fd and pass it through configfs.
> They couldn't just do it with basic bash commands.

echo 3 3</dev/nvme3 >/configfs/foor/bar/whatever