Re: GNU Mach glue code update

[Richard Braun]

On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 04:05:30PM +0300, Constantine Kousoulos wrote:
> Ok. So there are as many device_xxx() routines as the types of 
> drivers that mach supports.
> 
> How does mach choose the correct device_xxx() routine from the 
> many available? Let's say that mach needs to acces the floppy 
> drive. How does it choose the correct device_open() from the 
> available device_open() routines each driver supplies?

It simply tries all registered drivers until one of them returns
something else than D_NO_SUCH_DEVICE. The driver knows what device is
used by its name, e.g. the network linux glue code will know that
"console" isn't an ethernet device, but "eth0" is one.

-- 
Richard Braun

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