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Subject: [acpi-jp 907] Re: Some power device driver. 
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Hi,

I'll try to write userland program support to Watanabe-san's
acpi_cmbat code via control device for my trial.

> > namespace.  Using control devices, we are going to end up with dozens of 
> > little device nodes in /dev (/dev/acpi, /dev/acpi_batt0, /dev/acpi_batt1, 
> > /dev/acpi_message_led, /dev/acpi_processor, etc. etc.) which is just Bad.
> 
> I think designing device nodes and MIB are not so different in terms of 
> design cost of namespace :-)

I've got a idea that device_get_nameunit() provide good names for
device nodes, so we don't need to be worried about it :-)
# And DEVFS can help to reduce cost of /dev/* maintainance.

Thanks
