Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Tue, 15 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > For block devices that seems to work well. char devices are harder and I'd > > rather issue the occasional new major than have people registering automatic > > cabbage slicers as a tty or a disk because they cant get a device id. > > What are the valid cases that couldn't just register as a misc'ish > driver? The one that stands out is serial devices (you have hundreds of > them), but that's the same argument as a disk anyway. /dev/fbN, /dev/dspN, /dev/videoN, ... -- Jeff Garzik | Game called on account of naked chick Building 1024 | MandrakeSoft | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants H. Peter Anvin
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Chip Salzenberg
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants James Simmons
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Kenneth Johansson
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Alan Cox
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Linus Torvalds
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Jeff Garzik
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Linus Torvalds
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants James Simmons
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Linus Torvalds
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants James Simmons
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Jeff Garzik
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Linus Torvalds
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Jonathan Lundell
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Linus Torvalds
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Dan Hollis
- Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Miles Lane