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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:12:20 +0000
From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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To: John Mesmon <jmesmon@gmail.com>, maximlevitsky@gmail.com
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> Dne 16.3.2012 07:28, John Mesmon napsal(a):
> > Block devices:
> >  -1 smblk

That's outside the range of valid major numbers and surely shouldn't be getting
exposed to userspace in /proc/devices.

static struct mtd_blktrans_ops sm_ftl_ops = {
        .name           = "smblk",
        .major          = -1,

Why's -1 being used?

Alasdair