Subject: Re: [RFC] dynamic minor allocation below ieee1394 major number - msg#00067

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Re: [RFC] dynamic minor allocation below ieee1394 major number

On Thursday 26 January 2006 1:38 pm, Stefan Richter wrote: > Johannes Berg wrote: > > I thought that on today's systems one > > doesn't need to have fixed minors any more, but it'd still be useful to > > use the ieee1394 major number for any firewire related devices (like the > > mem1394 I'm implementing at the moment). Thus this patch. Please review. > > First thought: We don't add IEEE 1394 drivers on a daily basis, so I > don't see much benefit of dynamic allocation. OTOH, existing 1394 > drivers which use character devices could be converted to create only > as many devices as necessary instead of a fixed number of devices. The distros are still not fully caught up on usage of udev to dynamically create device files for ieee1394 and the information about how to create them manually has been around for a while on more sites than linux1394.org. I just think it would be hostile to users to change the minor numbers already in usage today. OTOH, I think we can start the process of removing dv1394 now by first submitting a deprecation patch. That would soon leave only video1394 with reserved minors. -- +-DRD-+ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642

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Re: DV Camcorder problems. Control but no video. :-(

Dan Dennedy wrote: ...believe it or not, a reboot makes my cable box willing to send again. Are you sure it is the box which does not stream? Or could it be the local host adapter whose reception might not work? -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- ---= ==-== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642

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Re: [RFC] dynamic minor allocation below ieee1394 major number

On Thursday 26 January 2006 1:38 pm, Stefan Richter wrote: > Johannes Berg wrote: > > I thought that on today's systems one > > doesn't need to have fixed minors any more, but it'd still be useful to > > use the ieee1394 major number for any firewire related devices (like the > > mem1394 I'm implementing at the moment). Thus this patch. Please review. > > First thought: We don't add IEEE 1394 drivers on a daily basis, so I > don't see much benefit of dynamic allocation. OTOH, existing 1394 > drivers which use character devices could be converted to create only > as many devices as necessary instead of a fixed number of devices. The distros are still not fully caught up on usage of udev to dynamically create device files for ieee1394 and the information about how to create them manually has been around for a while on more sites than linux1394.org. I just think it would be hostile to users to change the minor numbers already in usage today. OTOH, I think we can start the process of removing dv1394 now by first submitting a deprecation patch. That would soon leave only video1394 with reserved minors. -- +-DRD-+ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642

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hey linux1394-user

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