linux-kernel - Re: How do I choose an arbitrary minor number for my tty device?

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Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:51:15 -0600
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@...escale.com>,
	<devicetree-discuss@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How do I choose an arbitrary minor number for my tty device?

Greg KH wrote:
>> > + * "Never use this function, bad things will happen" - gregkh
> Nice, I like it :)
> 
> I'll go queue this up.

How about something a little more descriptive?  You said that the networking
code can use it.  Could you add some text to explain what the networking code
does with it, and why it's the only allow caller of this code?

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

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