From: "Altobelli, David" <david.altobelli@hp.com>
To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:54:13 +0000
Subject: RE: [PATCH] HP iLO driver
Thread-Topic: [PATCH] HP iLO driver
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Michael Tokarev wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> 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.
>
> For a case when there will be only one, or, in very rare theoretical
> case, two devices, why bother in the first place?  A subdirectory
> containing only one node is more ugly.. ;)

My notation might have confused you, but there will be several ccb nodes.
The N will range from 0,...MAX_CCB-1, and MAX_CCB is currently defined as 8.
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