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	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: core: Use the allocated major number with major=0
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> Note that major=0 has never worked, even before bd8f21876189: the old
> code treated the positive return value of register_chrdev() as an
> error and failed with -EIO. bd8f21876189 only changed the symptom.

Oh, you're right, I didn't notice that.  Sorry about that, and
thanks.