[Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH] axonram: 1st version

[Maxim Shchetynin]

> > +struct axon_ram_bank {
> > +     char              chrdev_name[DEVICE_NAME_SIZE];
> > +     char              blkdev_name[DEVICE_NAME_SIZE];
> > +     rwlock_t          lock;
> > +     phys_addr_t       phys_addr;
> > +     void __iomem            *addr;
> > +     size_t                  size;
> > +     struct gendisk          *disk;
> > +     struct miscdevice misc;
> > +     struct file_operations  fops;
>
> We shouldn't need per-instance file operations and miscdevice  One global
> is enough, like most drivers do.

I need both. I need one miscdevice per device because their minors are
stored here and I need minors in axon_ram_remove(). And I need one
file_operation per device because this is the only easier way to get
pointer to struct axon_ram_bank in axon_ram_open() for character device.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / met vriendelijke groeten / avec regards

Maxim V. Shchetynin
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH
Linux für Cell BE
Schönaicher Straße 220
71032 Böblingen, Deutschland

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