On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:14:00AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Dienstag, 8. Juli 2003 23:39 schrieb Greg KH: > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 04:08:41PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > > .txt. But do you really need all these device > > > numbers? Consider using devfs, which does dynamic device number > > > assignment. > > > > It does? Through what calls? > > devfs_register(): > > if ( ( S_ISCHR (mode) || S_ISBLK (mode) ) && > (flags & DEVFS_FL_AUTO_DEVNUM) )
Not present in 2.5, and only 1 driver used it in 2.4. Well, the ia64 port had some support for some devices that used this, but it is minimal. So no, using devfs for dynamic number assignment is not a valid solution. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
