Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 22 May 2001 08:49:04 +0100 (BST)


> For _devices_, though? I don't expect my mouse to work if gpm and xfree
> both try to consume device events from the same filp. Heck, it doesn't
> even work when they try to consume events from the same inode :-) I think
> this is a reasonable restriction for the class of devices in question.

Not really. Think about basic things like full duplex audio with two threads

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