From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1UD90c-00081a-N8 for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:43:32 +0000 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 08:43:27 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20130306074327.GD1906@pengutronix.de> References: <1361014553-24489-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1361014553-24489-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] devfs: add symlink support To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:35:53PM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD > --- > fs/devfs.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/driver.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+) What's your usecase with this patch? Telling me could increase my motivation applying it. One thing I see with this patch that the next thing would be to add directory support to debugfs in which case we might be better off adding real device nodes and remove the devfs like we have it now completely. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox