linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] media: open.rst: remove the minor number range

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Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:34:46 +0300
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Cc:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] media: open.rst: remove the minor number range

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 09:53:57AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> minor numbers use to range between 0 to 255, but that
> was changed a long time ago. While it still applies when
> CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES, when the minor number is
> dynamically allocated, this may not be true. In any case,
> this is not relevant, as udev will take care of it.
> 
> So, remove this useless misinformation.
> 
> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>

Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>

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Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@....fi