Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:45:08 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [openib-general] Re: [PATCH][RFC/v1][11/12] Add InfiniBand Documentation files |
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 03:30:47PM -0800, Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 02:58:45PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > > > Greg> Oh, have you asked for a real major number to be reserved > > > Greg> for umad? > > > > > > No, I think we're fine with a dynamic major. Is there any reason to > > > want a real major? > > > > People who do not use udev will not like you. > > I don't quite understand this. Given things like udev, wouldn't dynamic > majors work just like having a static major number?
Yes, but people who do not use udev, will have a hard time creating the device nodes by hand every time.
thanks,
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