linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vivi driver works only as first device

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Message-Id: <1197270531.5168.5.camel@gaivota>
Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:08:51 -0200
From:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
To:	Gregor Jasny <jasny@...soft.de>
Cc:	video4linux-list@...hat.com, Ted Walther <ted@...mera.com>,
	John Sokol <sokol@...eotechnology.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vivi driver works only as first device

Hi Gregor,
Em Qui, 2007-12-06 às 23:06 +0100, Gregor Jasny escreveu:
> From: Gregor Jasny <gjasny@....de>
> 
> When the vivi driver allocates a video device, video_register_device() stores the
> allocated device minor inside the vivi structure. But when the device node is opened,
> the file minor number is compared to the minor in the device list. So this patch
> copies the allocated minor in the device list, too.

Thanks for the report. Instead of applying your patch, I decided to
better analyze the issue, fixing it with the proper solution. The issue
is that vivi_register changes iminor, but this change were not properly
returned to the driver.

-- 
Cheers,
Mauro

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