Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 14 May 2001 22:20:06 +0100 (BST)


> This means that we need some analogue to {get,put}_unnamed_dev that
> manages a range of dynamically allocated majors.
> Is there such a beast already, or does someone need to write it?
> What range(s) should be used for block devices?
>
> Am I missing something obvious here?

Obvious question: Do you need your majors to be together in order, or can
you pick 8 random numbers each boot and expect the user to cope ?

Equally if they were static numbers do they have to be together or scattered ?

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