From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost-net: add module alias Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:54:26 -0800 Message-ID: <20120111085426.1c1ec3bf@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> References: <20120110205400.6c1cb306@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, device@lanana.org, alan@linux.intel.com To: Amos Kong Return-path: Received: from mail.vyatta.com ([76.74.103.46]:52880 "EHLO mail.vyatta.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751608Ab2AKQyd (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:54:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:43:42 +0800 Amos Kong wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Stephen Hemminger > 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 > > > > --- > > 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.