Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262230AbUKWGzc (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:55:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262235AbUKWGy2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:54:28 -0500 Received: from farley.sventech.com ([69.36.241.87]:58290 "EHLO farley.sventech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262230AbUKWGvN (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:51:13 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:51:10 -0800 From: Johannes Erdfelt To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, openib-general@openib.org Subject: Re: [openib-general] Re: [PATCH][RFC/v1][11/12] Add InfiniBand Documentation files Message-ID: <20041123065110.GA3959@sventech.com> References: <20041122714.taTI3zcdWo5JfuMd@topspin.com> <20041122714.AyIOvRY195EGFTaO@topspin.com> <20041122225335.GE15634@kroah.com> <52sm71bie2.fsf@topspin.com> <20041122230533.GB13083@kroah.com> <20041122233047.GH27658@sventech.com> <20041123064508.GC22493@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041123064508.GC22493@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 831 Lines: 22 On Mon, Nov 22, 2004, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 03:30:47PM -0800, Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004, Greg KH wrote: > > > People who do not use udev will not like you. > > > > I don't quite understand this. Given things like udev, wouldn't dynamic > > majors work just like having a static major number? > > Yes, but people who do not use udev, will have a hard time creating the > device nodes by hand every time. Ok, I can understand that for now. Is the eventual plan to move to dynamic majors for all devices? JE - 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/