From: Kay Sievers <kay.siev...@vrfy.org> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:19:05 +0100
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 05:07, David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote: >> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemmin...@vyatta.com> >> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:30:38 -0800 >> >>> Subject: vhost-net: add module alias (v2.1) >>> >>> By adding some module aliases, programs (or users) won't have to explicitly >>> call modprobe. Vhost-net will always be available if built into the kernel. >>> It does require assigning a permanent minor number for depmod to work. >>> >>> Also: >>> - use C99 style initialization. >>> - add missing entry in documentation for loop-control >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemmin...@vyatta.com> >> >> ACKs, NACKs? What is happening here? > > In general, static minors are acceptable and very useful to make > on-demand loading of kernel modules working. They should be used only > for single-instance devices though, which usually means: One single > static device name associated with a module. > > That looks all fine here, and for what it's worth: > Acked-By: Kay Sievers <kay.siev...@vrfy.org> Ok, applied, thanks everyone. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
