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

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (02/28/15 10:33), Sergey Senozhatsky 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?
> 

I'll change it to sysfs RW control node.

	-ss
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