From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:22:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:22:09 -0500 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:54290 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:22:08 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: uml-patch-2.5.49-1 Date: 26 Nov 2002 18:29:15 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: References: <20021126141409.GA4589@ncsu.edu> <200211261833.NAA02294@ccure.karaya.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2002 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <200211261833.NAA02294@ccure.karaya.com> By author: Jeff Dike In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu said: > > I think /proc/mm would be better implemented as /dev/mm. > > What major and minor numbers should I assign to it? And what would be > the point of giving it a major and minor, anyway? > Access control, ability to work in a chroot, ... For major/minor, this is presumably a misc device (major 10) or, if you don't need module support, a kernel core device (major 1), and write to device@lanana.org to have a minor number assigned. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt