linux-kernel - [PATCH v10 2/4] media: open.rst: remove the minor number range

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Message-Id: <d4a4dd87d7331895dcd8b9afcb2b48a3bae5b5f9.1598512802.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:21:46 +0200
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v10 2/4] media: open.rst: remove the minor number range

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>
Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/open.rst | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/open.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/open.rst
index 332763053292..b9367e02b884 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/open.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/open.rst
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ helper functions and a common application interface specified in this
 document.
 
 Each driver thus loaded registers one or more device nodes with major
-number 81 and a minor number between 0 and 255. Minor numbers are
-allocated dynamically unless the kernel is compiled with the kernel
-option CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES. In that case minor numbers
-are allocated in ranges depending on the device node type (video, radio,
-etc.).
+number 81. Minor numbers are allocated dynamically unless the kernel
+is compiled with the kernel option CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES.
+In that case minor numbers are allocated in ranges depending on the
+device node type.
 
 The device nodes supported by the Video4Linux subsystem are:
 
-- 
2.26.2