SOURCES: dev-list - added /dev/rtc0

[Tomasz Pala]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 22:30:05 +0100, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:

>> First of all I doubt we should build into kernel any drivers creating:
>>
>> 240-254 char    LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
>> 240-254 block   LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
>> 		Allocated for local/experimental use.  For devices not
>> 		assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
>> 		used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
> 
> This doc is probably outdated. Dynamic majors is recommended thing for drivers 
> in kernel currently.

1.10 Sat Jul 17 14:40:39 2004 by arekm
- add ipmi devs

+%dev(c,254,0) %attr(600,root,root) /dev/ipmi0
+%dev(c,10,173) %attr(600,root,root) /dev/ipmikcs

:)

>> this way allowing system administrator to take care in any way (either
>> some script as you proposed or simply by strict loading order or sth).
> 
> Or using udev.

Building such drivers into kernel changes 'or using udev' to 'only using udev'.

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Tomasz Pala <gotar at pld-linux.org>