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SubjectRe: [PATCH] HPET driver
Robert Picco wrote:
> Hi Andrew:
>
> I eliminated the request_irq brain damage, eliminated procfs support,
> made the check for FMODE_WRITE in hpet_open and responded to a few
> other suggestions.

Thanks! I'll look over it too.


> I misinterpreted your desire to change HPET from using a major device
> number and moving to miscdevice. I thought one objective was to avoid
> LANANA registration. It obviously isn't and I have done LANANA
> registration but need a reply. So it's possible the values for hpet in
> miscdevice.h and devices.txt will change.

The LANANA stuff propagates to 2.4 and to vendors who update their /dev
packages. You can't just pick an arbitrary number and use it. If
LANANA hasn't replied, the driver should use dynamic miscdev minor, or
dynamic chrdev major, until a number is assigned.

Jeff



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