Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:23:42 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Saab <ps@mu.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf majors Message-ID: <20040202222342.GE75671@FreeBSD.org.ua> In-Reply-To: <20040202220827.GA9448@elvis.mu.org> References: <200402022000.i12K0uvl041338@repoman.freebsd.org> <1318.1075755673@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040202220827.GA9448@elvis.mu.org>
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--KuLpqunXa7jZSBt+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 02:08:27PM -0800, Paul Saab wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@phk.freebsd.dk) wrote: > > In message <200402022000.i12K0uvl041338@repoman.freebsd.org>, Paul Saab= writes: > > >ps 2004/02/02 12:00:56 PST > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/conf majors=20 > > > Log: > > > Reserve 187 (twa) for the new 3ware ATA RAID controller. > >=20 > > No, please don't. > >=20 > > If you need a major for 4-stable, then commit it on that > > branch, major numbers are not needed for the majority > > of drivers in -current. >=20 > There's nothing in the -stable major's file. >=20 What PHK means is that if this driver is both for 5.x and 4.x, then you should only register its major in RELENG_4 -- 5.x provides automatic major numbers allocations: : /* : * XXX: do not use MAJOR_AUTO unless you have no choice. In general driv= ers : * should just not initialize .d_maj and that will DTRT. : */ : #define MAJOR_AUTO 0 /* XXX: Not GM */ Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov FreeBSD committer ru@FreeBSD.org --KuLpqunXa7jZSBt+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAHs3uUkv4P6juNwoRAtYkAJ9a1O5NlYlr/ChaUn7Yxb9LnZFZIQCgjHkQ 4crb89C5lKaBMZ06YnHTv5Y= =gIvs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KuLpqunXa7jZSBt+--
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