On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:46:04 -0700
"Stephen Pollei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/30/06, Attila Kinali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:42:49 -0700
> > "Stephen Pollei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Of course I think Linux is still encoding major/minor number into a
> > > single 32bit number using 12 bits for major, and 20 bits for minor.
> > > Thats 4096 possibilities for major number and 1,048,576 for minor.
> > > They most likely would want you to use your own major number therefore
> > > you can have far more minor numbers than you could use at this point.
> >
> > Actualy, you only get a range of minor numbers these days.
> > The days where a major number had to be assigned per device are over.
>
> Really?
Yes really. Believe me, i already registered a range (for mga_vid)
not too long ago and got only a 16 minors range.
> Also there are plenty of majors that can be locally assigned.
> 60 to 63, 120 to 127, and 240 to 254.
> So that handles the embedded 2.4 case that you mentioned. Any one
> running a embedded kernel can be assumed to be able to locally assign
> a major number.
Or we can just highjack one, just as mga_vid did before i registered it.
Attila Kinali
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