Re: 3rd party drivers: Was Re: Kernel Geeks Unite?
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
12 Sep 1997 07:04:40 GMT
Followup to: <199709101954.MAA27834@icarus.icarus.com>
By author: Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.icarus.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> - Major number assignment. Seems like the assignment of major numbers should
> be a local problem, not a global one. Might I suggest that a range of numbers
> be set aside as "locally assigned" and let kerneld straighten it out. If the
> module always takes major_number=<foo> and I can set up the aliases
> in kerneld config files, major number assignment problems will go
> away. (Mass market devices can continue to use preassigned numbers.)
60-63, 120-127, 240-254.
If you pass "0" as the number to register_* you get assigned the
highest unused major. I still suggest getting preassigned numbers
from me.
-hpa
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