Re: [PATCH 2/4] miscdevice: add a minor number for nbd-control

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On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 04:56:50PM -0500, Josef Bacik wrote:
> NBD is moving to a loop-control esque way of managing it's device
> creation and deletion.  Reserver a minor number for the new device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/miscdevice.h | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
> index ed30d5d..7e5c140 100644
> --- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>  #define MISC_MCELOG_MINOR	227
>  #define HPET_MINOR		228
>  #define FUSE_MINOR		229
> +#define NBD_CTRL_MINOR		230

Ick, really?  Why not just use a dynamic one?  What 1990's-based systems
are you running that you would need a static misc device number for?

thanks,

greg k-h
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