devices.txt question

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Greetings,

I see that the devices.txt file is used to reserve major numbers, and
has a secondary effect of "reserving" name space in /dev - but I
haven't located any precedent for reserving name space without
reserving a major number.

My team at Micron plans to start open sourcing some kernel modules
soon, and would be interested in preemptively avoiding /dev name space
conflicts if possible, but we don't see any need for an invariant
major number.  The names we currently use are /dev/mpool[ctl].

Is linux-doc the right list to ask?  Any tips appreciated.

John Groves
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