On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:29:46PM +0100, Andrew Doran wrote:
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> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 04:35:31PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
>=20
> > int device_register_name(dev_t, device_t, boolean_t, enum devtype,=20
> > 	const char *, ...);
> >=20
> > 'devtype' specifies the type of device which will be used for matching =
rules.
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> > See sys/sys/conf.h for details.
>=20
> [...]
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> > Further Work:
> > 	- Once device drivers are all converted, move to dynamic major
> >  	  numbers
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> It seems like a lot of this naturally belongs in the device switch and th=
at
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> the same call should register the device methods. Are you proposing to ke=
ep
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> the existing major numbers? That makes sense in the short term but longer
> term I think we'd be making a mistake by doing that.

For now, the idea's to stick with current numbers. Adding a device switch=
=20
table as part of the request for a new major number, however, makes sense.

=46rom the point of view of the devfs code, major numbers are just things=
=20
that are there. The code will work w/ static majors or with dynamic=20
majors. I think we'll need this code (devfs) to really make dynamic majors=
=20
work, but they are otherwise unrelated.

Take care,

Bill