linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix pktcdvd breakage from commit e105b8bfc769b0545b6f0f395179d1e43cbee822

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Message-ID: <20081130145221.GD28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:52:21 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, gregkh@...e.de,
	petero2@...ia.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix pktcdvd breakage from commit
	e105b8bfc769b0545b6f0f395179d1e43cbee822

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 03:28:15PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> > So we need to preserve the layout, with the easiest way probably being "add
> > one more ktype and use kobject_init_and_add() instead of that device_create()".
> > Sigh...
> 
> What do you mean? We just need to replace the bogus "pd->pkt_dev" with
> MKDEV(0, 0) and we are fine.

Userland-visible change - right now cat /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd3/dev will
give you dev_t of the block device in question.
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