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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:41:57 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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To: Robert Picco <Robert.Picco@hp.com>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HPET driver
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Robert Picco wrote:
> Hi Andrew:
> 
> I eliminated the request_irq brain damage, eliminated procfs support, 
> made the check for FMODE_WRITE  in hpet_open and responded to a few 
> other suggestions.

Thanks!  I'll look over it too.


> I misinterpreted your desire to change HPET from using a major device 
> number and moving to miscdevice.  I thought one objective was to avoid 
> LANANA registration.  It obviously isn't and I have done LANANA 
> registration but need a reply.  So it's possible the values for hpet in 
> miscdevice.h and devices.txt will change.

The LANANA stuff propagates to 2.4 and to vendors who update their /dev 
packages.  You can't just pick an arbitrary number and use it.  If 
LANANA hasn't replied, the driver should use dynamic miscdev minor, or 
dynamic chrdev major, until a number is assigned.

	Jeff


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