Re: [PATCH 11/13] Always define MAX_RAW_MINORS as 65535 in userspace

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 09/14/2015 03:50 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> While I don't think this was ever meant to be exposed to userspace, if
> anyone is using it then this will at least provide a correct (if
> unlikely) definition.
> 
> MAX_RAW_MINORS used to be used in the kernel, where it's been replaced
> with CONFIG_MAX_RAW_MINORS.
> 
> Note that there's a checkpatch.pl warning about a split config string
> here, but I've left that alone.

>From a UAPI perspective I would think the right value would be 2^20.

	-hpa


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