Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 4 Sep 2001 15:24:06 -0500 | From | Taral <> | Subject | Re: DEVFS_FL_AUTO_DEVNUM on block devices |
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On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:13:34PM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote: > taral@taral.net writes: > > > > --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Disposition: inline > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Please fix your mailer to not send this junk.
It's not junk, it's PGP/MIME. But I disabled it for you.
> You can use the devfs_alloc_major() function to grab a major number > that won't conflict with another driver. Then use that major when > calling devfs_register().
Sounds good to me. It might be wise, however, to disable use of DEVFS_FL_AUTO_DEVNUM in devfs_register with block devices, since it's not incredibly useful to have two different drivers sharing a major number.
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