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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:25:49 +0100 (CET)
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: Fwd: struct inode size reduction.
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Hi,

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Andries Brouwer wrote:

> > > -       error = register_chrdev(driver->major, driver->name, &tty_fops);
> > > +       error = register_chrdev_region(driver->major, driver->minor_start,
> > > +                                      driver->num, driver->name, &tty_fops);
> > 
> > Are that much parameters really needed?
> 
> Yes.

Why? Problems are hardly solved by adding more parameters.
If going to a larger number space means, that we have to add crappy 
interfaces, we should rather keep it as it is.
Why do you need to partition the number space like this? I looked at the 
users in the last mail for a reason. If we're going to change the 
interface, it should reflect what we will need in the future.

bye, Roman

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