From: "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
To: "'Alessandro Zummo'" <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, 'Andi Kleen' <ak@muc.de>,
'Linux Kernel Mailing List' <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
ralf@linux-mips.org, 'David Brownell' <david-b@pacbell.net>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, lethal@linux-sh.org, paulus@samba.org,
kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp, davem@davemloft.net,
rmk@arm.linux.org.uk
Subject: RE: NTP time sync
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:37:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00b301c711a3$07cf3530$020120ac@Jocke> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061126202148.190d5b4b@inspiron>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Zummo [mailto:alessandro.zummo@towertech.it]
> Sent: den 26 november 2006 20:22
> To: Joakim Tjernlund
>
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:04:54 +0100
> "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> wrote:
>
> > Looking at rtc-dev.c I don't see a MARJOR number assigned
> to /dev/rtcN. Seems like
> > it is dynamically allocated to whatever major number that is free.
> > Is that the way it is supposed to be? How do I create a
> static /dev/rtcN in my /dev
> > directory if the major number isn't fixed?
> > Maybe I am just missing something, feel free to correct me :)
>
> udev ;)
>
> the concept of static numbers is quite old...
Yes it is old, but is the old way unsupported now? I have an embedded target
which is using the old static /dev directory, do I need to make
it udev aware to use newer features like the rtc subsystem?
Jocke
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
To: "'Alessandro Zummo'" <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
Cc: "'David Brownell'" <david-b@pacbell.net>,
"'Benjamin Herrenschmidt'" <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
<akpm@osdl.org>, <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>, <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
"'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<ralf@linux-mips.org>, "'Andi Kleen'" <ak@muc.de>,
<paulus@samba.org>, <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
<kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
Subject: RE: NTP time sync
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:37:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00b301c711a3$07cf3530$020120ac@Jocke> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061126202148.190d5b4b@inspiron>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Zummo [mailto:alessandro.zummo@towertech.it]
> Sent: den 26 november 2006 20:22
> To: Joakim Tjernlund
>
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:04:54 +0100
> "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> wrote:
>
> > Looking at rtc-dev.c I don't see a MARJOR number assigned
> to /dev/rtcN. Seems like
> > it is dynamically allocated to whatever major number that is free.
> > Is that the way it is supposed to be? How do I create a
> static /dev/rtcN in my /dev
> > directory if the major number isn't fixed?
> > Maybe I am just missing something, feel free to correct me :)
>
> udev ;)
>
> the concept of static numbers is quite old...
Yes it is old, but is the old way unsupported now? I have an embedded target
which is using the old static /dev directory, do I need to make
it udev aware to use newer features like the rtc subsystem?
Jocke
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-26 21:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-22 19:36 NTP time sync Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-22 19:36 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-22 19:51 ` Russell King
2006-11-22 19:51 ` Russell King
2006-11-22 20:26 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-22 20:26 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-22 19:55 ` David Brownell
2006-11-22 19:55 ` David Brownell
2006-11-22 20:23 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-22 20:23 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-23 1:48 ` Gabriel Paubert
2006-11-23 1:48 ` Gabriel Paubert
2006-11-23 10:54 ` Andi Kleen
2006-11-23 10:54 ` Andi Kleen
2006-11-23 11:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-11-23 11:00 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-11-25 23:22 ` David Brownell
2006-11-25 23:22 ` David Brownell
2006-11-26 11:04 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2006-11-26 11:04 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2006-11-26 19:21 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-26 19:21 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-26 21:37 ` Joakim Tjernlund [this message]
2006-11-26 21:37 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2006-11-26 22:06 ` Michael Raskin
2006-11-26 22:53 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-26 22:53 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-11-27 1:21 ` [Bulk] " David Brownell
2006-11-27 1:21 ` David Brownell
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