Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759412AbYFLVGF (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:06:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755935AbYFLVFl (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:05:41 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:41348 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755830AbYFLVFk (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:05:40 -0400 Message-ID: <48518F99.7060003@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:05:29 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Altobelli, David" CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] HP iLO driver References: <20080612182308.GA1091@ldl.fc.hp.com> <48516CF2.106@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 675 Lines: 16 Altobelli, David wrote: >> Wouldn't /dev/hpilo/ccbN be a more appropriate namespace? > > Yes, that would be more clear. The code is currently defined to a maximum of 1 hardware device, but this could change, and the dev path should probably reflect that. > > How do you feel about /dev/hpiloX/ccbN, where X is 0, 1, ... Num_Devices-1? I'd rather see /dev/hpilo/dXcY, the point being to try to declutter the /dev root. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/