On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 18:17 +0530, Jinesh K J wrote: > > > > > > int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count, const char *name) > > > > > > I really don't want to see a 'dev_t' up there (though I know that it > > > can be ignored). Those numbers should be dealt within the kernel. Why > > > would anyone wanna set those numbers manually? > > > > you mean to say when creating a new device in /dev from user land? > > No. That is now handled by udev and sysfs. > > What I was saying about was that the driver writer need not know how > the kernel handles devices internally(using major and minor numbers). > The concept of major and minor numbers does not seem to cook well now > a days. Does it? well some drivers need to for historic reasons. Also you seem to make an artificial separation between kernel and drivers; in linux they're one and the same; the drivers are an integral part of the kernel. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
