Re: [PATCH 1/2] chrdev: implement __[un]register_chrdev()

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Wed Aug 05 2009 - 03:04:50 EST


At Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:35:42 +0900,
Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> [un]register_chrdev() assume minor range 0-255. This patch adds __
> prefixed versions which take @minorbase and @count explicitly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hello,
>
> These two patches make sound_core grabbing OSS device number optional.
> If there's no objection, I think it would be easiest to push this
> through Takashi's tree.

I'm fine to take this.

But, I think EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev) and
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev) are missing in this patch.


thanks,

Takashi
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