From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932893AbXCMTNE (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:13:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933036AbXCMTNE (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:13:04 -0400 Received: from nijmegen.renzel.net ([195.243.213.130]:57657 "EHLO nijmegen.renzel.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932893AbXCMTNB (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:13:01 -0400 From: Mws To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [1/6] 2.6.21-rc3: known regressions Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:12:44 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <20070313181147.GA12224@elf.ucw.cz> <45F6F677.1070302@drzeus.cx> In-Reply-To: <45F6F677.1070302@drzeus.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200703132012.44321.mws@twisted-brains.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 13 March 2007, Pierre Ossman wrote: > Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > Uhuh. User error, lets close the report. > > > > mmc changed the major to > > > > 236 mmc > > > > ... while it was something else in 2.6.20. Can we get stable device > > allocation for mmc? > > What kind of savages do not use udev these days?! ;) > > I don't have the time and energy to jump through all the hoops required to get > an official number right now. Most users use udev and those that don't can use > the "major" parameter for mmc_block. > > Rgds hi, i don't know if you ever used linux on embedded devices like set-top-boxes. you have a mostly fixed device infrastructure on those devices. even if you call it a "kind of savage", using udev there instead of fixed major device numbers is crap. best regards marcel