On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:15:26AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > Having said that, I realize there are instances where the _minor_ device > number is passed to the class registration function (eg for misc > devices). In that case, though, misc_register() checks if the asked for > minor device already exists, and retains the option to generate a > dynamic minor device. This is different here, where the proposal is to > pass both major and minor device number to the registration function. > > Maybe there are instances where both major and minor device number are > passed; as I mentioned before, I did not spend that much time on it. But > you are right - that isn't the point anyway. > If misc and other classes can create nodes based on device numbers that are passed to them, why is it a problem for hwmon? Why does hwmon creates devices with MKDEV(0,0)? I am still not getting the point. -Himanshu _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
