Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267852AbUIUREP (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:04:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267863AbUIUREP (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:04:15 -0400 Received: from natnoddy.rzone.de ([81.169.145.166]:27613 "EHLO natnoddy.rzone.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267852AbUIUREH (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:04:07 -0400 From: Arnd Bergmann To: Torben Mathiasen Subject: Re: [Patch][RFC] conflicting device major numbers in devices.txt Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:03:25 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: David Woodhouse , "Cagle, John" , Christian Borntraeger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Torben Mathiasen , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, Horst Hummel , linux-390@vm.marist.edu, Martin Schwidefsky References: <200409211703.47188.arnd@arndb.de> <20040921164938.GQ4055@linux> In-Reply-To: <20040921164938.GQ4055@linux> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_e7FUBjOqBjZ8+pU"; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409211903.26130.arnd@arndb.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1883 Lines: 52 --Boundary-02=_e7FUBjOqBjZ8+pU Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Dienstag, 21. September 2004 18:49, Torben Mathiasen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21 2004, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Dienstag, 21. September 2004 11:23, Torben Mathiasen wrote: > > > s/390 dasd moved to major 94. > > > s/390 VM/ESA moved to major 95. > > > INFTL moved to major 96. > >=20 > > Actually, major 95 has never been used for VM minidisks or any other > > s390 block device in any 2.4 or 2.6 based distribution, because that > > driver was integrated into the dasd driver (it just uses a different > > access method on the same devices). You might want to document that > > this number is currently unused, even if it doesn't get assigned to > > any other driver. >=20 > So, what you're saying is that Major 95 is not used at all in real life? = Then > I'll remove it from from the list completely during the my next push. Let= me > know if there's a point in keeping it assigned even if its obsolete. I don't see any reason to keep it for s/390, but I added some potentially interested parties to the CC: list. If anyone is thinking of reusing device major number 95 for s390 minidisks, speak up now, otherwise it will finally be gone. Arnd <>< --Boundary-02=_e7FUBjOqBjZ8+pU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBUF7e5t5GS2LDRf4RAkHbAJ9m3WNmkKqbNYRCsJCVWKZxSHnvwwCfQ1sC 00xhplW9x8S2BRYunrTHJfs= =MHiV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_e7FUBjOqBjZ8+pU-- - 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/