Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants | Date | Mon, 14 May 2001 22:20:06 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> 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? > > Am I missing something obvious here?
Obvious question: Do you need your majors to be together in order, or can you pick 8 random numbers each boot and expect the user to cope ?
Equally if they were static numbers do they have to be together or scattered ?
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