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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jin Qian <jinqian@android.com>
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Subject: Re: allocate an official device major number for virtio device?
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On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 05:48:24PM -0800, Jin Qian wrote:
> Do you mean detecting device name string as in /dev/...?

No, I mean reacting to the uevents the kernel gives you when your device
shows up.

thanks,

greg k-h