On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<[email protected]>wrote:

> By adding the a module alias, programs (or users) won't have to explicitly
> call modprobe. Vhost-net will always be available if built into the kernel.
> It does require assigning a permanent minor number for depmod to work.
> Choose one next to TUN since this driver is related to it.
>
> Also, use C99 style initialization.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
>
> ---
>  drivers/vhost/net.c        |    8 +++++---
>  include/linux/miscdevice.h |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c       2012-01-10 10:56:58.883179194 -0800
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c       2012-01-10 19:48:23.650225892 -0800
> @@ -856,9 +856,9 @@ static const struct file_operations vhos
>  };
>
>  static struct miscdevice vhost_net_misc = {
> -       MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
> -       "vhost-net",
> -       &vhost_net_fops,
> +       .minor = VHOST_NET_MINOR,
> +       .name = "vhost-net",
> +       .fops = &vhost_net_fops,
>  };
>
>  static int vhost_net_init(void)
> @@ -879,3 +879,5 @@ MODULE_VERSION("0.0.1");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael S. Tsirkin");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Host kernel accelerator for virtio net");
> +MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(VHOST_NET_MINOR);
> +MODULE_ALIAS("devname:vhost-net");
> --- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h        2012-01-10 10:56:59.779189436
> -0800
> +++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h        2012-01-10 19:49:56.091748210
> -0800
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>  #define I2O_MINOR              166
>  #define MICROCODE_MINOR                184
>  #define TUN_MINOR              200
> +#define VHOST_NET_MINOR                201
>


CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]

include/linux/miscdevice.h:
/*
 *      These allocations are managed by [email protected]. If you use an
 *      entry that is not in assigned your entry may well be moved and
 *      reassigned, or set dynamic if a fixed value is not justified.
 */


 #define MWAVE_MINOR            219     /* ACP/Mwave Modem */
>  #define MPT_MINOR              220
>  #define MPT2SAS_MINOR          221
>
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