RE: minor device number request for /dev/kvm (kernel-based virtual machine)

2007-03-01 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
> > If it does not increase memory usage, then possibly: > > > > __register_chrdev_region(major, 0, (~0U) & MINORMASK, name); > > or (1< clear > > > > > > I'm more worried about something in the chardev bowels not supporting > >8bit minors well. > I was under

RE: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

2007-03-01 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
> We are making a very complicated problem > out of nothing. This hasn't caused any problems > in the past, and changing the existing names and > minors will cause problems for everyone today. > > Just leave it alone, fix up the documentation, > and have the driver print some warning if it > allo

RE: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

2007-02-28 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
> > Mathiasen, Torben wrote: > > > Assuming QE has 4 entries, I would expect CPM to be the same. But we > > need verification of that. If it needs 6, we are in more trouble. > > The QE can have up to 8, actually, but I'm willing to limit the driver > to 4. I

RE: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

2007-02-28 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
> Mathiasen, Torben wrote: > > > > Got around looking at this one. I'm fine with this approach, but the > > CPM5 fix looks wrong. Shouldn't it be: > > > > 49 = /dev/ttyCPM3 PPC CPM (SCC or SMC) - port 3 > > > > instead? > > &g

RE: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

2007-02-28 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
> --- devices-2.6+.txt 2007-02-22 13:37:18.0 -0600 > +++ devices-2.6+.new 2007-02-22 13:42:50.0 -0600 > @@ -2770,7 +2770,10 @@ >45 = /dev/ttyMM1 Marvell MPSC - port 1 >46 = /dev/ttyCPM0 PPC CPM (SCC or SMC) - port 0 >

RE: [PATCH] New updated devices.txt - LANANA

2006-12-01 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
> On Dec 1 2006 11:30, Torben Mathiasen wrote: > >Here's the updated version with additonal spelling fixes. > > > >Please use this one instead of the one that was sent 2 days ago. > > And here's a style update (have one free line between each, > and a few tabs). Applies _on top_ of yours. >

RE: [PATCH] devices.txt - LANANA merge

2006-11-29 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
> > +258 block ROM/Flash read-only translation layer > > + 0 = /dev/blockrom0First ROM card's > translation layer interface > > + 1 = /dev/blockrom0Second ROM card's > translation layer interface > ^^^ > > Shouldn't here be '1',

RE: Probable endianess problem in TLAN driver

2001-06-09 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
Paulo, Thanks for the update/patch. Sorry I missed your first email, bu I've been way too busy with other stuff the last couple of months. There's a lot of endianess issues in the tlan driver, but none really bothered fixing them. No one really assumed the tlan adapters would be used on bigendia

RE: Alpha SCSI error on 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-30 Thread Mathiasen, Torben
Its probaly due to the semaphore changes that went in to test11 by Richard Henderson. scsi_wait_req will grab one on entry. Did test10 work for you on Alpha? Regards, Torben Mathiasen > -Original Message- > From: Rival, Frank > Sent: 30. november 2000 21:37 > To: Ezolt, Phillip > Cc: [