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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Major 254
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Jim C. Brown |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Major 254 |
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Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:06:01 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.4i |
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 01:43:29PM +1300, Darryl Dixon wrote:
> Good question, I didn't even know that was possible; but if the major
> number was auto-assigned, how would the correct device node be created
> for it at install time?
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> D
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This feature was added when devfs was added - devfs would create the node
(with the right major&minor number) automatically. I assume udev has something
similar.
As a worst case option, the module can simply report which number it got in
dmesg, and then one can create the node by hand.
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