Re: How do I choose an arbitrary minor number for my tty device?

[Alan Cox]

> Are you talking about this:
> 
> static struct tty_driver *ehv_bc_console_device(struct console *co, int *index)
> {
> 	*index = co->index;
> 
> 	return ehv_bc_driver;
> }

Yes.

> I never really understood this function, but almost everyone does the same
> thing, and it seems to work for me.  Looking at console_device(), it appears
> that all of the xxx_console_device functions are called in order until one of
> them returns non-NULL.

*index is the minor number to use - so you can return whichever minor
matches your primary interface

> > I suspect in your case you probably want to attach the primary byte
> > channel to minor 0 in the driver (and reserve it for that), or some
> > similar rule.
> 
> Yes, that's a good idea.  It does simplify things a lot.

It's probably the cleanest and simplest solution and it fits the
"natural" order of things.
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