re: device major numbers

[Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>]

matthew green wrote:

> since satmgr(4) is sandpoint specific, it very much does not 
> belong in the 144-159 range.
>
> why does it need to be changed?

Because I fear that the next developer who adds a new device to
majors.powerpc will use 100, without realizing it is in use by sandpoint.


> this meanst hat new kernels
> with an older userland won't work with satmgr at all.

This is not a problem as satmgr(4) is quite new, so there was no release
including it yet. It is still a good time to make it right.


> can the 100 value be reserved in other ppc majors, or it just
> moved to a generic major?

The device is very sandpoint specific (only 8245-based NAS systems will
ever need it). So I would like to avoid wasting one of the few device
majors we have left.


> either way, 144 is wrong.

Ok. So you would suggest to allocate 100 for all powerpc ports?

Would be nice if we had a number range reserved for the specific ports here.

-- 
Frank Wille