Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265600AbUAPQC3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:02:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265604AbUAPQC3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:02:29 -0500 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:20484 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265600AbUAPQC0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:02:26 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:02:12 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Jeff Dike , Linux Kernel Development , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] /dev/anon Message-ID: <20040116170212.B2809@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <200401132021.i0DKLBhg002890@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from geert@linux-m68k.org on Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 01:16:02PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 813 Lines: 18 On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 01:16:02PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Jeff Dike wrote: > > If this should be maintained out-of-tree, should I get an official minor for > > it anyway, or just unofficially use the first unused misc minor (10 in 2.4, > > 11 in 2.6)? > > Apparently there's a hole in the list in 2.6.[01] (/dev/kmsg has 11), so you > can use 10 for both 2.4 and 2.6. Yes. 6 was /dev/core, added 0.98p3, removed 0.99p13X. 10 was reserved for /dev/aio, but when aio was implemented it was done differently. So 10 has never been used. - 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/