locking in a device driver

[Dinesh Nair]

On 11/02/05 06:16 Julian Elischer said the following:
> also, why do you need a pseudo device AND a device? The device driver 
> can do all the things you have
> suggested on its own.

this is so userland apps wont need to change when different devices are 
used. the pseudo device is the front for a number of real device drivers 
running different devices from a quad-span E1/T1 line card to 4-port 
FXS/FXO line cards. each of these cards are different, but present the same 
device interface to the userland app via the pseudo device driver.

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