On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:31:27AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 10:11:55PM -0800, Matt Mackall wrote: > > > - when called with the major argument as 0 it returns an unused major > > > number > > > from the top of the old 255 entries major list. This should be > > > replaced > > > by a real dynamic dev_t allocator, similar to alloc_chrdev_region. > > > > Umm, this replaces alloc_chrdev_region too. If instead you mean "let's > > migrate all the users to a sensible interface", I agree. And that > > means killing alloc_chrdev_region too. (baseminor makes no sense for > > dynamic allocation - you either know your prefered major and minor or > > you know neither.) > > The thing is this blkdev_register useage should be replace by an API > like alloc_chrdev_region. I don't particularly care about the actual > implementation.
Ok, I can work on a follow-up that does that. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - 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/
