You don't want a mid layer. Every mid layer in Linux has proved to be a bad
move or continues to cause problems.
The kernel should always be talking direct to the device methods. If the
device methods happen to be calls into a library dumb devices so be it
(and thats what the Z85230 stuff does)
> interfaces. It looks very dirty to me when the hostess_sv11.c registers
> the "hdlcX" interface (and even needs to try to get_dev("hdlcX") until
> it founds the first unused "hdlcX" device :-| ). It should be
> the similar way as the ethernet uses - ethernet low-level drivers
> does not look for their own first free "ethX" name.
The same logic sort of applies. With 2.1.120 this is way less of a concern
anyway. You can rename a device as a user now. If you want an interface
called "myisp0" you can do it.
Alan
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