linux-kernel - Re: [Cluster-devel] Re: [PATCH] misc: use a proper range for minor number dynamic allocation

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Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:16:37 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Cc:	David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>,
	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rubini@...ion.unipv.it, cluster-devel@...hat.com, device@...ana.org
Subject: Re: [Cluster-devel] Re: [PATCH] misc: use a proper range for minor
 number dynamic allocation

> If a change to the misc devices is planned, I'm wondering if it would be
> possible to merge some of the other functions into a single interface to

Three is not a problem but the original report is for a lot more - so
something funny is going on and that wants debugging first before
anything gets changed or name/number spaces allocated.

So LANANA firstly wants to know *why* the report is occuring and if the
whole issue is arising due to a bug in something not to a real need.

Alan
(with a LANANA hat on)
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