Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262046AbUKPREV (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:04:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262045AbUKPREV (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:04:21 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:6119 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262044AbUKPRER (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:04:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:03:39 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: rcpt-linux-fsdevel.AT.vger.kernel.org@jankratochvil.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Request for inclusion] Filesystem in Userspace Message-ID: <20041116170339.GD6264@kroah.com> References: <84144f0204111602136a9bbded@mail.gmail.com> <20041116120226.A27354@pauline.vellum.cz> <20041116163314.GA6264@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 932 Lines: 24 On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 05:45:25PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > Well, 'Documentation/devices.txt' says: > > > > > > THE DEVICE REGISTRY IS OFFICIALLY FROZEN FOR LINUS TORVALDS' KERNEL > > > TREE. At Linus' request, no more allocations will be made official > > > for Linus' kernel tree; the 3 June 2001 version of this list is the > > > official final version of this registry. > > > > Not true, you can get new numbers. > > I don't understand, what's the reason for this warning then? To scare > away developers wanting to allocate lots of device numbers? It's an old message, and yes, it's there to scare people away. Glad to see it's working :) thanks, greg k-h - 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/