linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] char: misc: Adapt and add test cases for simple minor space division

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Message-ID: <2025070643-ammonia-unshaven-2d3f@gregkh>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 10:52:25 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Zijun Hu <zijun_hu@...oud.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>,
	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...lia.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] char: misc: Adapt and add test cases for simple
 minor space division

On Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 09:26:00PM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
> From: Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@....qualcomm.com>
> 
> Adapt and add test cases for next change which Regards minor

"Regards"?

> which > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR as invalid parameter when register
> miscdevice, hence get a simple minor space division below:
> 
> |<  255 : Fixed minor code
> |== 255 : Indicator to request dynamic minor code
> |>  255 : Dynamic minor code requested, 1048320 minor codes totally.

I'm sorry, but I really can't parse this changelog text.  Can you try to
reword it a bit differently?

thanks,

greg k-h