On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Ramon van Handel wrote:
[patch to make freemware chose a non-allocated major number]
> This doesn't sound to me like a good idea. If our device number
> clashes with some other device, even if it is only a development
> thing, then one of us should permanently change our device number.
> I don't see much difference between running development drivers and
> stable drivers --- we don't want any conflicts, anyhow.
The difference is that in early development you use a device number in
the "LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL" range, rather than having a permanently
assigned number. Clashes with other experimental projects is fairly
likely. Might as well chose an unused one automatically until plex86
gets its own allocated number, IMO.
Chris
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