linux-kernel - Re: NTP time sync

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20061126202148.190d5b4b@inspiron>
Date:	Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:21:48 +0100
From:	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
To:	"Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
Cc:	"'David Brownell'" <david-b@...bell.net>,
	"'Benjamin Herrenschmidt'" <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	<akpm@...l.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>, <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	"'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ralf@...ux-mips.org>, "'Andi Kleen'" <ak@....de>,
	<paulus@...ba.org>, <rmk@....linux.org.uk>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<kkojima@...iij4u.or.jp>
Subject: Re: NTP time sync

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:04:54 +0100
"Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se> wrote:

> Looking at rtc-dev.c I don't see a MARJOR number assigned to /dev/rtcN. Seems like
> it is dynamically allocated to whatever major number that is free.
> Is that the way it is supposed to be? How do I create a static /dev/rtcN in my /dev
> directory if the major number isn't fixed?
> Maybe I am just missing something, feel free to correct me :)

 udev ;)

 the concept of static numbers is quite old...

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/