On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 11:40:12PM +0530, Vaibhav Nipunage wrote:
> I want to write a Device driver. And I am facing some problem.
>
> Problem-:
> I have created a raw partition and it has major no 22. And I want to
> register this major no (22) for my device driver. But it gives error like
> "register_blkdev : cannot get major no 22".
>
> Can it be possible to register a previously assigned major no to new driver.
No, it's not. And it'c correct that way.
You need to send a lot more details as to what yyou are doing to get a
useful advice. Like driver for what device you want to write, for which
version of kernel, where you created the raw partition and what do you
mean by 'it has a major no 22'.
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