Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 May 2020 09:01:31 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 3/8] qaic: Create char dev |
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On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 03:08:59PM -0600, Jeffrey Hugo wrote: > 2. There are a limited number of dynamic minor numbers for misc devs (64), > so if you are expecting more devices than that, a misc dev is not > appropiate. Also, these minors are shared with other misc dev users, so > depending on the system configuration, you might have significantly less > than 64 minors available for use.
I'm pretty sure we can have more than 64 misc devices, that limitation should have been removed a while ago. Try it and see :)
greg k-h
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