From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:11:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040103221121.GI11061@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040103152241.GA5531@hh.idb.hist.no>
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 04:22:41PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote:
> > Hopefully I can work on fixing this up in 2.7.
>
> Interesting - how do you plan to do this?
Probably something like the current interface for USB minor numbers when
CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is enabled. The drivers will request a
certian major/minor, but the kernel will just give it whatever it feels
like.
That's my first guess, actual implementation will probably differ wildly
:)
thanks,
greg k-h
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-03 22:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-31 0:29 udev and devfs - The final word Greg KH
2003-12-31 0:46 ` Johannes Erdfelt
2003-12-31 0:53 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2003-12-31 19:17 ` Greg KH
2004-01-02 16:45 ` Shawn
2004-01-01 1:18 ` Helge Hafting
2004-01-03 5:59 ` Greg KH
2004-01-03 15:22 ` Helge Hafting
2004-01-03 21:18 ` viro
2004-01-03 22:11 ` Greg KH [this message]
[not found] ` <20040103140140.3b848e9f.witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org>
2004-01-03 22:16 ` Greg KH
2004-01-03 22:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-03-29 15:38 ` Shawn
2004-03-29 15:39 ` Greg KH
2004-03-29 15:40 ` Helge Hafting
2004-03-29 15:40 ` viro
2004-03-29 15:40 ` Greg KH
2004-03-29 15:40 ` Greg KH
2004-03-29 15:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
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