Re: [linuxdc-dev]Fishing rod

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* Adrian McMenamin <ad...@mc...> on Fri, Mar 01, 2002:

> I know the (previous) general view about devices such as the fishing rod =
is=20
> that there should be no kernel space driver for them.
>=20
> But I've just had one delivered and it appears to respond to existing dri=
vers=20
> anyway (at least puru puru drives rumbling).
>=20
> What is the consequence for previous plans for this?
>=20

Like I said before, if such a "bastard" device is supported by an already
existing kernel Maple interface, then your work is already done.  Otherwise,
your interests are best served with a general purpose Maple driver that
can directly interface userapps with peculiar Maple devices.

> Any thoughts?

Remember that Maple devices export "functions" of what they can do, so the
vibration function of the fishing rod could be handled by the puru-puru
driver while the controller portion (or whatever) could be handled by the
Maple controller code (if it is indeed a controller) or by the general
purpose Maple layer.

M. R.