Re: [PATCH 5/5] CUSE: implement CUSE - Character device in Userspace

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Sat Nov 22 2008 - 03:41:19 EST


On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
> >> index 0be9245..d4dcca8 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
> >> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
> >> #define MPT_MINOR 220
> >> #define HPET_MINOR 228
> >> #define FUSE_MINOR 229
> >> +#define CUSE_MINOR 230
> >
> > This doesn't work: device numbers have to be allocated by LANANA.
>
> My last attempt at LANANA for extended devt didn't get me anywhere and
> I'm not sure LANANA is handling miscdevice minors at all.

Back then I did get the fuse device registered in LANANA database
(http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices-2.6+.txt)

> If you go
> through the tree, there are quite a few duplicate allocations including
> FUSE_MINOR. At any rate, we can definitely try LANANA.

Ugh, I suppose that's my fault for not putting the definition in
miscdevice.h (though apparently the duplicates didn't do so either).

Thanks,
Miklos
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