Re: How do I choose an arbitrary minor number for my tty device?

[Alan Cox]

> for (i = 0; i < num_byte_channels; i++) {
> 	bc->handle = get_the_byte_channel_handle(i);
> 	ehv_bc_driver->name_base = bc->handle - i;
> 	tty_register_device(ehv_bc_driver, i, NULL);
> }
> 
> This actually works and does what I want, but I seriously doubt it's acceptable.
>  When I do this, I get:
> 
> # ls -l /dev/ttyEH*
> crw-rw----    1 root     uucp     253,   0 Jan  1 00:00 /dev/ttyEHV73
> crw-rw----    1 root     uucp     253,   1 Jan  1 00:00 /dev/ttyEHV76
> crw-rw----    1 root     uucp     253,   2 Jan  1 00:00 /dev/ttyEHV79

Which looks the right approach to me.

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