Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] register_blkdev | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 Mar 2003 01:14:23 +0000 |
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On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 23:45, Greg KH wrote: > I would too. Andries's patches look like the right thing to do, so far > as I've seen. But there are larger, social issues, that probably need > to be answered first (like convincing Linus and others that this is > really needed). > > > > But if it is, a lot of character drivers need to be audited... > > > > What has to be done there? > > I haven't seen a patch yet, to really know what will be necessary. But > for one, a lot of drivers have static arrays where they just "know" that > there can't be more than 256 minors under their control.
So we need a maxminors flag in the register for 2.6 I guess ?
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