In lists.linux.v4l, you wrote: > > It is still impossible to support multiple opens as the driver's can't hook > > data into file->private_data (neither directly nor indirectly) and therefore > > can't disturgish the filehandles. > > So you need to pass file into the video4linux functions. Thats probably > smart anyway <other mail> > If this was to be done what good is videodev.c ? videodev.c just handles minor number registration. Everything else it tried to help with was an error </other mail> Hmm, remove all the function pointers from struct video_device and replace them with a struct file_operations, then make the videodev functions simply pass throuth stuff untouched? What about backward compatibility? Gerd -- Protecting the children is a good way to get a lot of adults who cant stand up for themselves. -- seen in some sig on /.
