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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	cguthrie@mandriva.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] chrdev: implement __[un]register_chrdev()
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:16:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090805161643.GA28436@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A79283E.7030202@kernel.org>

On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 03:35:42PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> [un]register_chrdev() assume minor range 0-255.  This patch adds __
> prefixed versions which take @minorbase and @count explicitly.

What's the difference between this and the existing
register_chrdev_region() function?  Why doesn't that work for you?

What am I missing here?

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-05 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-05  6:35 [PATCH 1/2] chrdev: implement __[un]register_chrdev() Tejun Heo
2009-08-05  6:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] sound: make OSS device number claiming optional Tejun Heo
2009-08-05  9:15   ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05  9:24     ` Colin Guthrie
2009-08-05  9:59       ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 10:14         ` Takashi Iwai
2009-08-05 10:26           ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 10:45             ` Takashi Iwai
2009-08-05 11:15               ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 11:34                 ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 12:35               ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 13:11                 ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 14:16                   ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05  9:32     ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 10:00       ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 11:27         ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 12:48           ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 14:13             ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 14:29               ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 16:02                 ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 16:33                   ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 16:38                     ` Alan Cox
2009-08-05 16:52                     ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 17:01                       ` Alan Cox
2009-08-06  5:55                         ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05  7:04 ` [PATCH 1/2] chrdev: implement __[un]register_chrdev() Takashi Iwai
2009-08-05  7:11   ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05  7:20     ` Takashi Iwai
2009-08-05  7:30       ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05  9:01         ` [PATCH 1/2 UPDATED] " Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 16:16 ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-08-05 16:30   ` [PATCH 1/2] " Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 16:49     ` Greg KH
2009-08-05 17:01       ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-05 17:15         ` Greg KH
2009-08-06  5:52           ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-06  8:13             ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-06 19:58               ` Greg KH
2009-08-07  2:34                 ` Tejun Heo
2009-08-07  4:05                   ` Greg KH

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