On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 10:08 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 06:46:15PM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > The cdc_acm module is missing the char-major-166-* alias that would > > cause it to be auto-loaded when a device of that type is opened. This > > patch adds the alias. > > You really have users that are using a static /dev that need this kind > of fix? I thought we were phasing out the char-major- aliases as they > don't make any sense anymore. > I don't think so. But since we had aliases to support users, I wasn't going to drop them without at least sending a patch upstream to see if they cared about such things. (and there are many modules which do have the char-major aliases, so at least someone is trying to put them in). As noted in the cover, feel free to drop these - I can use your reply when a user complains <g> Scott -- Scott James Remnant scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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