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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] misc: add missing minor nodes
On 18/02/14 18:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 02:27:25AM -0300, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
>> From: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devices.txt | 3 +++
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
>> index 04356f5..0ea1cc2 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devices.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
>> @@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
>> filesystem across multiple physical disks.
>>
>> 10 char Non-serial mice, misc features
>> + 0 = /dev/fram
>> 0 = /dev/logibm Logitech bus mouse
>> 1 = /dev/psaux PS/2-style mouse port
>> 2 = /dev/inportbm Microsoft Inport bus mouse
>
> That's not ok at all, and probably a bug, someone must have thought that
> minor 0 ment "give me a dynamic number." No one caught this when the
> driver was first merged in a arch-specific tree in 2008 :(
>
> In looking at the driver, it probably should just be a UIO driver, or
> something else, all it does it map frame buffer memory to userspace,
> given the hardware involved, odds are no one even uses it anymore...
>
> Mark and Haavard, any thoughts about the
> arch/avr32/boards/mimc200/fram.c driver? Can I fix up the minor number
> here, or just delete the driver entirely if it's not being used anymore?

I think it's safe to delete the driver.

The mimc200 unit is now basically obsolete and there'll be no new development on it.

Regards
Mark J.


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