On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Rogier Wolff wrote:
>
> However, the SX and RIO drivers use a "misc" device to download the
> firmware. The problem is that the "misc" driver returns "enodev" when
> there is no "open" routine. So either we need to make it allow
> "misc" devices that don't have an open/close routine, or we have
> to reinstate the open routines for the SX and RIO firmware devices.
This is fixed in the current pre-series. I'll make a real test3 when I'm
happy that most of the "doesn't compile due to warnings" things are done,
which should be later today.
A misc device definitely should _not_ need to have an open() routine, it
was just a silly oversight..
Linus
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