From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264600AbUADJF5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2004 04:05:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265140AbUADJF5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2004 04:05:57 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:43740 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264600AbUADJF4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2004 04:05:56 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 00:57:59 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Rob Landley Cc: Kai Henningsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-ID: <20040104085759.GC27612@kroah.com> References: <18Cz7-7Ep-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <200401010634.28559.rob@landley.net> <900eUExXw-B@khms.westfalen.de> <200401020126.44234.rob@landley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401020126.44234.rob@landley.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 01:26:44AM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > Moral: keep the identifier creation framework flexible enough so that you > > can chose device-specific means to produce useful identifiers. (And, use > > long identifiers, as they're less likely to be duplicated in general.) > > Seems to be what udev is for. When we do go to random major and minor > numbers, maybe it would be useful to let udev request specific ones? (Just a > thought...) Let udev request specific what? Major/minor numbers? Huh? I think you are very confused here... thanks, greg k-h