Re: [PATCH -mm] swsusp: userland interface

[Pavel Machek]

> > The interface documentation is included in the patch.
> > 
> > The patch assumes that the major and minor numbers of the snapshot device
> > will be 10 (ie. misc device) and 231, the registration of which has already been
> > requested.
> 
> Why does it need a statically-allocated major and minor?  misc_register()
> will generate a uevent and the device node should just appear...

Resume part is designed to run from early initrd. I do not think we
should play with udev at thta point. We may not even have writable
filesystem at that point.
								Pavel
-- 
Thanks, Sharp!
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