Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:38:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:38:36 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:3026 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:38:35 -0500 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 02:49:08 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, greg@kroah.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] register_blkdev Cc: akpm@digeo.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, hch@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 738 Lines: 21 > register_chrdev() only allocates based on a major Yes. [Silly enough. The entire business of registration does not depend at all on whether one is a character or a block device. I am really unhappy with the fact that the completely uniform code that we used to have now has been split into two rather separate pieces of code.] But you are quite right that an audit is needed. [I think I described the amount of work as: two hours to make the patches, a weekend to do the audit.] Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/