RE: cciss update for 2.4.23-pre2

[Miller, Mike (OS Dev)]

We didn't want to permanently allocate more majors than we already have.

mikem

-----Original Message-----
From: Arjan van de Ven [mailto:arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:23 AM
To: Miller, Mike (OS Dev)
Cc: axboe@xxxxxxx; marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: cciss update for 2.4.23-pre2


On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 00:43, mike.miller@xxxxxx wrote:
> This patch was built & tested using 2.4.22 with the 2.4.23-pre2 prepatch applied. It is intended for inclusion in the 2.4.23 kernel.
> This patch adds support for more than 8 controllers. It does this by passing 0 as a major number and allows the OS to assign a dynamically allocated major number when there are more than 8 cciss controllers in a system.
> It's primary purpose is to help support the SA6400 and SA6400 EM. When these 2 cards are used they are 2 separate controllers in a single PCI/PCI-X slot.

how about just getting more official majors instead ?
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