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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:16:43 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] chrdev: implement __[un]register_chrdev()
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On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 03:35:42PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> [un]register_chrdev() assume minor range 0-255.  This patch adds __
> prefixed versions which take @minorbase and @count explicitly.

What's the difference between this and the existing
register_chrdev_region() function?  Why doesn't that work for you?

What am I missing here?

thanks,

greg k-h