Re: [PATCH RFC 3/3] speakup: misc: Use dynamic minor numbers for speakup devices

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 10:17:47AM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> Arnd notes in the link:
>    | To clarify: the only numbers that I think should be changed to dynamic
>    | allocation are for drivers/staging/speakup. While this is a fairly old
>    | subsystem, I would expect that it being staging means we can be a
>    | little more progressive with the changes.
> 
> This releases misc device minor numbers 25-27 for dynamic usage.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200120221323.GJ15860@xxxxxxx/t/
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chris Brannon <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kirk Reiser <kirk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/speakup/devsynth.c     | 10 +++-------
>  drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_soft.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

speakup, while being in staging, has been around for a very long time,
so we might break things if we change their minor numbers.

I'd need an ACK from the speakup maintainers/developers before I can
take this as I don't have any way to verify what their systems look
like.

thanks,

greg k-h