[openib-general] Re: [PATCH][RFC/v1][11/12] Add InfiniBand Documentation files

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 03:30:47PM -0800, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2004, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 02:58:45PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
> > >     Greg> Oh, have you asked for a real major number to be reserved
> > >     Greg> for umad?
> > > 
> > > No, I think we're fine with a dynamic major.  Is there any reason to
> > > want a real major?
> > 
> > People who do not use udev will not like you.
> 
> I don't quite understand this. Given things like udev, wouldn't dynamic
> majors work just like having a static major number?

Yes, but people who do not use udev, will have a hard time creating the
device nodes by hand every time.

thanks,

greg k-h