Subject: Re: [PATCH] HP iLO driver
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: David Altobelli <david.altobelli@hp.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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References: <20080612182308.GA1091@ldl.fc.hp.com>  <48516CF2.106@zytor.com>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:13:52 +0200
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Hi Peter,

> > A driver for the HP iLO/iLO2 management processor, which allows userspace
> > programs to query the management processor.  Programs can open a channel
> > to the device (/dev/hpilo_ccbN), and use this to send/receive queries.  
> > The O_EXCL open flag is used to indicate that a particular channel cannot
> > be shared between processes.  This driver will replace various packages
> > HP has shipped, including hprsm and hp-ilo.
> 
> Wouldn't /dev/hpilo/ccbN be a more appropriate namespace?

this is udev's job.

Regards

Marcel


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