linux/include
brandon@ifup.org 539a7555b3 V4L/DVB (8078): Introduce "index" attribute for persistent video4linux device nodes
A number of V4L drivers have a mod param to specify their preferred minors.
This is because it is often desirable for applications to have a static /dev
name for a particular device.  However, using minors has several disadvantages:

  1) the requested minor may already be taken
  2) using a mod param is driver specific
  3) it requires every driver to add a param
  4) requires configuration by hand

This patch introduces an "index" attribute that when combined with udev rules
can create static device paths like this:

/dev/v4l/by-path/pci-0000\:00\:1d.2-usb-0\:1\:1.0-video0
/dev/v4l/by-path/pci-0000\:00\:1d.2-usb-0\:1\:1.0-video1
/dev/v4l/by-path/pci-0000\:00\:1d.2-usb-0\:1\:1.0-video2

$ ls -la /dev/v4l/by-path/pci-0000\:00\:1d.2-usb-0\:1\:1.0-video0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2008-04-28 00:02 /dev/v4l/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.2-usb-0:1:1.0-video0 -> ../../video1

These paths are steady across reboots and should be resistant to rearranging
across Kernel versions.

video_register_device_index is available to drivers to request a
specific index number.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-20 07:10:27 -03:00
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acpi Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2008-07-16 17:25:46 -07:00
asm-alpha smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument 2008-06-26 11:24:35 +02:00
asm-arm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc 2008-07-16 15:17:52 -07:00
asm-avr32 atmel-mci: Driver for Atmel on-chip MMC controllers 2008-07-15 14:14:49 +02:00
asm-blackfin Blackfin Serial Driver: Use timer to poll CTS PIN instead of workqueue. 2008-06-19 17:46:39 +08:00
asm-cris
asm-frv frv: fix irqs_disabled() to return an int, not an unsigned long 2008-07-12 14:33:42 -07:00
asm-generic Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2008-07-16 17:25:46 -07:00
asm-h8300 h8300: fix typo in header guard 2008-06-06 11:29:12 -07:00
asm-ia64 ACPI : Create "idle=nomwait" bootparam 2008-07-16 23:27:05 +02:00
asm-m32r m32r: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls 2008-06-26 11:22:57 +02:00
asm-m68k m68k: Add ext2_find_{first,next}_bit() for ext4 2008-06-12 18:05:39 -07:00
asm-m68knommu
asm-mips Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc 2008-07-16 15:17:52 -07:00
asm-mn10300 MN10300: Fix typo in header guard 2008-05-28 07:59:06 -07:00
asm-parisc parisc: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls 2008-06-26 11:22:57 +02:00
asm-powerpc Merge commit 'origin/master' 2008-07-16 11:07:59 +10:00
asm-s390 [S390] qdio: new qdio driver. 2008-07-17 17:22:10 +02:00
asm-sh sh: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls 2008-06-26 11:22:58 +02:00
asm-sparc smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument 2008-06-26 11:24:35 +02:00
asm-sparc64 fix "ftrace: store mcount address in rec->ip" 2008-07-01 17:46:14 +02:00
asm-um uml: activate_mm: remove the dead PF_BORROWED_MM check 2008-06-06 11:36:22 -07:00
asm-v850 v850: fix typo in header guard 2008-06-06 11:29:12 -07:00
asm-x86 Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2008-07-17 10:38:59 -07:00
asm-xtensa asm-{alpha,h8300,um,v850,xtensa}/param.h: unbreak HZ for userspace 2008-05-14 19:11:14 -07:00
crypto crypto: hash - Move ahash functions into crypto/hash.h 2008-07-10 20:35:18 +08:00
drm drm/radeon: fixup issue with radeon and PAT support. 2008-07-15 15:48:05 +10:00
keys
linux V4L/DVB (7942): Hardware frequency seek ioctl interface 2008-07-20 07:07:12 -03:00
math-emu
media V4L/DVB (8078): Introduce "index" attribute for persistent video4linux device nodes 2008-07-20 07:10:27 -03:00
mtd
net net-sched: change tcf_destroy_chain() to clear start of filter list 2008-07-01 19:52:38 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: (re)move {pcmcia,pccard}_get_status 2008-06-24 15:33:44 +02:00
rdma RDMA/addr: Keep pointer to netdevice in struct rdma_dev_addr 2008-07-14 23:48:53 -07:00
rxrpc
scsi Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2008-07-15 18:58:04 -07:00
sound ALSA: Release v1.0.17 2008-07-14 09:54:43 +02:00
video
xen xen: implement ptep_modify_prot_start/commit 2008-06-25 15:17:23 +02:00
Kbuild drm: reorganise drm tree to be more future proof. 2008-07-14 10:45:01 +10:00