Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760455Ab0KRU76 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:59:58 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:48636 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760409Ab0KRU75 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:59:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:58:47 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Timur Tabi Cc: Greg KH , Arnd Bergmann , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Scott Wood , Stuart Yoder Subject: Re: How do I choose an arbitrary minor number for my tty device? Message-ID: <20101118205847.11485945@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4CE58005.7040308@freescale.com> References: <20101118022434.GA9833@suse.de> <4CE546C5.8060401@freescale.com> <20101118153912.GA1443@suse.de> <4CE54E40.9040503@freescale.com> <20101118163321.GA2723@suse.de> <4CE5562B.8080604@freescale.com> <20101118165136.GA3103@suse.de> <4CE55ACB.80207@freescale.com> <20101118171856.GA4283@suse.de> <4CE5647F.5000203@freescale.com> <20101118175832.GA4931@suse.de> <4CE58005.7040308@freescale.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 21 > for (i = 0; i < num_byte_channels; i++) { > bc->handle = get_the_byte_channel_handle(i); > ehv_bc_driver->name_base = bc->handle - i; > tty_register_device(ehv_bc_driver, i, NULL); > } > > This actually works and does what I want, but I seriously doubt it's acceptable. > When I do this, I get: > > # ls -l /dev/ttyEH* > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 253, 0 Jan 1 00:00 /dev/ttyEHV73 > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 253, 1 Jan 1 00:00 /dev/ttyEHV76 > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 253, 2 Jan 1 00:00 /dev/ttyEHV79 Which looks the right approach to me. -- 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/