Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754427AbZDUN4w (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:56:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752879AbZDUN4m (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:56:42 -0400 Received: from cassiel.sirena.org.uk ([80.68.93.111]:43487 "EHLO cassiel.sirena.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752492AbZDUN4l (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:56:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:56:40 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Mike Rapoport Cc: Liam Girdwood , LKML Subject: Re: [RFD] voltage/current regulator consumer interface Message-ID: <20090421135640.GE25828@sirena.org.uk> References: <49EC8775.8060609@compulab.co.il> <20090420145627.GA5281@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main> <49EDB569.2060701@compulab.co.il> <20090421125528.GD25828@sirena.org.uk> <49EDD02B.5020407@compulab.co.il> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49EDD02B.5020407@compulab.co.il> X-Cookie: Rubber bands have snappy endings! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: broonie@sirena.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on cassiel.sirena.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 834 Lines: 20 On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 04:54:51PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > Mark Brown wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 03:00:41PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > >> I've managed to create some preliminary "line-consumer" driver. I don't really > >> like the name, but I couldn't think of something better and "virtual" is > >> already taken :) > > "userspace" or "user"? The goal here is to let userspace applications > > be consumers. > I don't quite understand your intention here. Do you mean that it would bebetter > to use a character device rather than sysfs? I'm talking about the name. -- 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/