Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 May 1999 21:28:11 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: devfs: dynamic block device MAJOR's |
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Manfred Spraul writes: > I've just downloaded the devfs patch, and I noticed one problem: > your patch supports dynamic block device MAJOR/MINOR's, but > it seems that the block device layer itself does not support > major's shared by multiple devices:
Correct.
> The problem is that the block device layer uses two dimensional arrays > for getting sector size, volume len etc. (MAJOR allocated by the system, > MINOR allocated by the indivitual driver), and that there are several > 'switch'-statements with the MAJOR as parameter.
Yes, it is a bit ugly, isn't it? Perhaps that was one of the things Ken was talking about ;->
> Do you know if there ere any plans to modify the block device layer > to support dynamic MAJOR's?
No idea, but let me know.
Regards,
Richard....
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