From: chris parker <chrisp@procom.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: chris_parker@procom.com, hnguyen@procom.com
Subject: Question: multiple major numbers - one driver
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:07:38 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.10010271201430.18801-100000@gemini.procom.com> (raw)
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.
I thoought of the following things that would have to be changed:
1) make the new device descriptors
2) add the new majors to the register_blkdev and unregister
system calls
3) process multiple CURRENT q's when receiving a request
from the block device layer. Each unique major has
a seperate incoming q.
Does any know of anything else that would prevent me from doing
this ??
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2000-10-27 19:07 chris parker [this message]
2000-10-27 20:37 ` Andreas Dilger
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