Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 14 May 2001 17:24:45 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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Neil Brown wrote: > So I need a major number - to give to devfs_register_blkdev at least. > You don't want me to have a hardcoded one (which is fine) so I need a > dynamically allocated one - yes? > > This means that we need some analogue to {get,put}_unnamed_dev that > manages a range of dynamically allocated majors. > Is there such a beast already, or does someone need to write it? > What range(s) should be used for block devices?
register_blkdev will assign a dynamic major to your block device, if a static one is not provided. This has been true since 2.2, maybe 2.0 IIRC.
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