Re: [PATCH] HPET driver

[Jeff Garzik]

Robert Picco wrote:
> Hi Andrew:
>
> I eliminated the request_irq brain damage, eliminated procfs support, 
> made the check for FMODE_WRITE  in hpet_open and responded to a few 
> other suggestions.

Thanks!  I'll look over it too.


> I misinterpreted your desire to change HPET from using a major device 
> number and moving to miscdevice.  I thought one objective was to avoid 
> LANANA registration.  It obviously isn't and I have done LANANA 
> registration but need a reply.  So it's possible the values for hpet in 
> miscdevice.h and devices.txt will change.

The LANANA stuff propagates to 2.4 and to vendors who update their /dev 
packages.  You can't just pick an arbitrary number and use it.  If 
LANANA hasn't replied, the driver should use dynamic miscdev minor, or 
dynamic chrdev major, until a number is assigned.

	Jeff



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