From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: Amos Kong <kongjianjun@gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, device@lanana.org,
alan@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost-net: add module alias
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:54:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120111085426.1c1ec3bf@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFeW=paA4Aqk2gy2qpUUM6nANjr3ahio3N02Tz4LVEGVVxNJWA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:43:42 +0800
Amos Kong <kongjianjun@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Stephen Hemminger
> <shemminger@vyatta.com>wrote:
>
> > By adding the a module alias, 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.
> > Choose one next to TUN since this driver is related to it.
> >
> > Also, use C99 style initialization.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> >
> > ---
> > drivers/vhost/net.c | 8 +++++---
> > include/linux/miscdevice.h | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
:
> /*
> * These allocations are managed by device@lanana.org. If you use an
> * entry that is not in assigned your entry may well be moved and
> * reassigned, or set dynamic if a fixed value is not justified.
> */
Didn't that mailing address was ever used any more. Like many places
in kernel, the comment looked like a historical leftover.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-11 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-11 4:54 [PATCH] vhost-net: add module alias Stephen Hemminger
2012-01-11 7:07 ` Michael Tokarev
2012-01-11 16:58 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-01-11 17:02 ` Michael Tokarev
2012-01-11 17:02 ` Michael Tokarev
2012-01-11 17:03 ` Kay Sievers
2012-01-11 17:03 ` Kay Sievers
2012-01-11 7:07 ` Michael Tokarev
2012-01-11 7:43 ` Amos Kong
2012-01-11 16:54 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-01-11 16:54 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2012-01-11 18:15 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-01-11 17:16 ` [PATCH] vhost-net: add module alias (v2) Stephen Hemminger
2012-01-11 18:09 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-01-11 21:00 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-01-12 2:15 ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-01-12 2:15 ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-01-12 5:30 ` [PATCH] vhost-net: add module alias (v2.1) Stephen Hemminger
2012-01-13 4:07 ` David Miller
2012-01-13 4:19 ` Kay Sievers
2012-01-13 18:12 ` David Miller
2012-01-15 12:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-01-15 12:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-01-16 12:26 ` Alan Cox
2012-01-16 15:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-01-16 23:06 ` David Miller
2012-01-16 23:34 ` Alan Cox
2012-01-12 20:04 ` [PATCH] vhost-net: add module alias (v2) Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
2012-01-12 20:04 ` Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
2012-01-16 12:28 ` [PATCH] vhost-net: add module alias Avi Kivity
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