linux-kernel - Re: pktcdvd -> sysfs warning with 2.6.27

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Message-ID: <20081014000148.2b2632d0@i1501.lan.towertech.it>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:01:48 +0200
From:	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Nix <nix@...eri.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: pktcdvd -> sysfs warning with 2.6.27

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:47:47 -0700
Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:

> > Major 254 is listed as LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE in devices.txt. I don't
> > consider either pktcdvd or the rtc drivers as LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL: the
> > former in particular has been in the kernel for years.  
> 
> Both of those should get "real" majors assigned to them.  It's not ok to
> randomly go grabbing major:minor numbers like this for code that is in
> mainline.

 the rtc dev uses dynamically assigned numbers, as does pktcdvd, so they
 should be able to coexist . maybe the problem lies in the pktsetup
 utility.

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it

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