On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 08:54:26AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:43:42 +0800 > Amos Kong <kongjianjun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Stephen Hemminger > > <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > > > By adding the a module alias, programs (or users) won't have to explicitly > > > call modprobe. Vhost-net will always be available if built into the kernel. > > > It does require assigning a permanent minor number for depmod to work. > > > Choose one next to TUN since this driver is related to it. > > > > > > Also, use C99 style initialization. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > --- > > > drivers/vhost/net.c | 8 +++++--- > > > include/linux/miscdevice.h | 1 + > > > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > : > > /* > > * These allocations are managed by device@xxxxxxxxxx. If you use an > > * entry that is not in assigned your entry may well be moved and > > * reassigned, or set dynamic if a fixed value is not justified. > > */ > > Didn't that mailing address was ever used any more. Like many places > in kernel, the comment looked like a historical leftover. This was only added in 2010, see 79907d89c397b8bc2e05b347ec94e928ea919d33. That said at least lanana.org web site seems to be down. Alan, any idea? -- MST -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
