linux-kernel - Re: RFC: UIO null parent for __uio_register_device and uio_device

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Message-ID: <20110119205243.GC17399@local>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:52:44 +0100
From:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>
To:	Earl Chew <echew@...acom.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: UIO  null parent for __uio_register_device and
 uio_device_name()

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 09:07:01AM -0800, Earl Chew wrote:
> 
> >> I've added uio_device_chrdev() alongside uio_device_name() to allow
> >> us to figure out the coordinates of the Linux UIO device.
> > 

There's a small library with helper functions. Among other things, they
allow searching the UIO device node by name (the name you gave your device
in uio_info->name). The library is here:

git://git.linutronix.de/projects/libUIO.git

or with gitweb:

http://git.linutronix.de/gitweb.cgi?p=projects/libUIO.git;a=summary

Thanks,
Hans

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