[openib-general] Re: InfiniBand MAD device number request

[Roland Dreier]

    Torben> Allright, I begun looking into using the 2.6 specific
    Torben> major/minor allocations.  2.6 allows 20 bit worth of
    Torben> minors per major. I'll let you know once I know more.

Great.  The InfiniBand drivers are 2.6 only so using large majors is fine.

    Torben> In the mean time, you can just use some of the
    Torben> local/experimental ones which you probaly already do.

Right now the code in the kernel uses dynamic device numbering (and
assumes the user is running udev or a similar script).

Thanks,
  Roland