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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Revert "Bluetooth: Use devname:vhci module alias for virtual HCI driver"
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    On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> wrote:
    > Hi Thomas,
    >
    >> Adding the devname:vhci alias and thus adding a static /dev/vhci device node
    >> only works when assigning a fixed major/minor number. However, the code
    >> currently uses a dynamically assigned minor number. It is therefore impossible
    >> to create a static device and to autoload the module when accessing it.
    >>
    >> Reverting this fixes the kmod error message
    >> depmod: ERROR: Module 'hci_vhci' has devname (vhci) but lacks major and minor information. Ignoring.
    >>
    >> This reverts commit bfacbb9aec029b3200053d84c8cd5d7575f2d4a5.
    >
    > NAK. We allocated a static minor for this.

    Johan mentioned that. Commit b075dd40c95d11c2c8690f6c4d6232fc,
    correct? Why isn't that headed into 3.14 right now, and CC'd to
    stable? Currently you have a somewhat broken driver in 3.13 and
    3.14-rcX that seems to have a pretty clear fix.

    josh


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