Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752292Ab1DRLiY (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:38:24 -0400 Received: from h1446028.stratoserver.net ([85.214.92.142]:60380 "EHLO mail.ahsoftware.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751267Ab1DRLiR (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:38:17 -0400 From: Alexander Holler To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/1] Implement /dev/byte (a generic byte source similiar to /dev/zero) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:55 +0200 Message-Id: <1303126676-3456-1-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.3.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 22 Hello, I don't know if this patch qualifies for inclusion into the mainline kernel, but maybe someone else would be interested in such, so I'm posting it here. The main idea for that device was to have a source for 0xff to clear FLASH based devices. And to make it more generic, I've added the possibility to change the default value on a per file descriptor basis. I don't want to discuss if such a device makes sense or if such should be done in userspace only. I like it as a device, otherwise I wouldn't have written it. So besides this message, I will not take part in such a discussion. Regards, Alexander Holler -- 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/