From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263221AbTLZQTx (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:19:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264425AbTLZQTx (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:19:53 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:3855 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263221AbTLZQTw (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:19:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:19:49 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Martin Schlemmer Cc: Andreas Jellinghaus , Linux Kernel Mailing Lists Subject: Re: [PATCH] add sysfs mem device support [2/4] Message-ID: <20031226161949.A31900@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Martin Schlemmer , Andreas Jellinghaus , Linux Kernel Mailing Lists References: <20031223002126.GA4805@kroah.com> <20031223002439.GB4805@kroah.com> <20031223002609.GC4805@kroah.com> <20031223131523.B6864@infradead.org> <1072193516.3472.3.camel@fur> <20031223163904.A8589@infradead.org> <20031225184553.A25397@infradead.org> <1072381287.7638.52.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1072381287.7638.52.camel@nosferatu.lan>; from azarah@nosferatu.za.org on Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 09:41:28PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 09:41:28PM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote: > So maybe suggest an solution rather than shooting one down all the > time (which do seem logical, and is only apposed by one person currently > - namely you =). My suggestion is to just use MAKEDEV asis for devices that are static like the memdevices. Dynamic solutions do not buy us anything for those.