From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2004@gmx.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] randomized major and minor numbers
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 00:50:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041105085003.GA26457@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <418A36CD.2030600@gmx.net>
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 03:03:57PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> IIRC it was debated during 2.5 development to make the kernel
> hand out randomized major/minor numbers to better test handling
> of dynamic major/minor numbers. Is there a patch available
> to test?
Not yet, care to make one? :)
Note, any such change, would only be a development aid, and not a
requirement by any means.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-05 8:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-04 14:03 [RFC] randomized major and minor numbers Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2004-11-05 8:50 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-11-05 12:46 ` Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
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