--- linux-2.6.11-rc1.orig/drivers/scsi/st.c	2004-12-26 23:33:37.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc1/drivers/scsi/st.c	2005-01-16 17:32:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Kai Makisara");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SCSI Tape Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR);
 
 /* Set 'perm' (4th argument) to 0 to disable module_param's definition
  * of sysfs parameters (which module_param doesn't yet support).