Re: Fwd: struct inode size reduction.

[Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi,

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Andries Brouwer wrote:

> > > -       error = register_chrdev(driver->major, driver->name, &tty_fops);
> > > +       error = register_chrdev_region(driver->major, driver->minor_start,
> > > +                                      driver->num, driver->name, &tty_fops);
> > 
> > Are that much parameters really needed?
> 
> Yes.

Why? Problems are hardly solved by adding more parameters.
If going to a larger number space means, that we have to add crappy 
interfaces, we should rather keep it as it is.
Why do you need to partition the number space like this? I looked at the 
users in the last mail for a reason. If we're going to change the 
interface, it should reflect what we will need in the future.

bye, Roman