Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030442AbVJGP4o (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:56:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030470AbVJGP4o (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:56:44 -0400 Received: from zipcon.net ([209.221.136.5]:9933 "HELO zipcon.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030442AbVJGP4n (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:56:43 -0400 Message-ID: <43469A9A.2070104@beezmo.com> Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:56:10 -0700 From: William D Waddington User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFClue] pci_get_device, new driver model Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 860 Lines: 26 I'm missing something fundamental, and beg your indulgence. My current 2.6 drivers support multiple indentical PCI boards. The init code spins on pci_find_device and assigns instance/minor numbers as boards are found. Load script insmods the driver, gets the major # from /proc/devices, and creates the /dev/ entries. Not subscribed but lurking, Bill -- -------------------------------------------- William D Waddington Bainbridge Island, WA, USA william.waddington@beezmo.com -------------------------------------------- "Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch - 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/