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Re: [Xen-devel] get_xen_class()

from [Ian Campbell] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] get_xen_class()
From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:02:25 +0000
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On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 18:40 +0000, chrisbenninger wrote:

> I am building a driver for Xen for a research project. I recently
> started building against a newer kernel (2.6.32.27) and my char driver
> no longer appears in /dev/ because the get_xen_class() function
> doesn't seem to be around anymore. Any hints as to how to take care of
> this?

I think the class stuff is deprecated upstream, see
http://lwn.net/Articles/188707/.

I suspect you should just be using misc_register() or device_create()
instead of whatever you are doing today, no class required.

Ian.


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