On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 12:47:29PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Sonntag, 5. Mai 2002 01:17 schrieb Greg KH: > > On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 12:03:09AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > under the dynamic scheme, you hand out all a driver's minors at once. > > > Why did you decide on that ? The largest number of devices could be > > > supported if a minor were handed out whenever the device is plugged > > > in. > > > > That is exactly what the code does. A minor number is handed out when > > the driver asks for it. And the drivers ask for a number in their probe > > function. Or did I mess something up? > > Why do you have the option to hand out several minors in a block ? > That would seem to encourage fragmentation.
Some devices need more than one minor (look at the usb-serial drivers that need more than one minor per device.) I will be moving the usb-serial core to also use this call in the near future, so we need the ability to ask for more than one minor. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
