Re: [PATCH 0/8] introduce dynamic device creation/removal

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (02/27/15 14:51), Andrew Morton wrote:
> hoo boy.  Creating a /dev node and doing ioctls on it is really old
> school.  So old school that I've forgotten why we don't do it any more.
> 
> Hopefully Alan can recall the thinking?

oh. I thought this is how loop control works, and ioctl there doesn't look
insane to me.

any quick hint how do you do this in a modern world so I'll redo the patch set?

	-ss
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