From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
To: chris parker <chrisp@procom.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chris_parker@procom.com,
hnguyen@procom.com
Subject: Re: Question: multiple major numbers - one driver
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:37:24 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200010272037.e9RKbPj05203@webber.adilger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.10010271201430.18801-100000@gemini.procom.com> "from chris parker at Oct 27, 2000 12:07:38 pm"
Chris Parker writes:
> I have a need for more than 256 minor numbers. I could add some
> more major numbers, thus getting the number of majors * 256.
> I would like to have only device driver loaded to handle the
> multiple majors.
Look at the SCSI/IDE/COMPAQ Smart RAID/etc drivers that have multiple
major numbers registered (per Documentation/devices.txt). Some of
the storage drivers have been allocating blocks of 8 major numbers at
a time.
Cheers, Andreas
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\ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
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