linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] staging: speakup: add function to convert dev name to number

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VfxxZKPboXwP49F_mJAYDK+fVWKpgZXfj-x+YmZ1wqMfg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:36:30 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        okash.khawaja@...il.com, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Kirk Reiser <kirk@...sers.ca>,
        speakup@...ux-speakup.org, Chris Brannon <chris@...-brannons.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] staging: speakup: add function to convert dev name to number

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Samuel Thibault
<samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org> wrote:
> Greg KH, on mer. 14 juin 2017 13:48:02 +0200, wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 01:26:09PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>> > Greg KH, on mer. 14 juin 2017 12:15:41 +0200, wrote:

>> And trying to have the kernel do the mapping based on strings like this
>> is not ok, sorry.
>
> So what is the solution?  Users would find it completely crazy to have
> to provide major/minor numbers.

Shouldn't udev take care of major/minor and alike stuff in user space?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko