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In message <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040207133959.30022A-100000@fledge.watson.org>, Robe
rt Watson writes:

>No objections to this patch (which is definitely a good thing), but I am
>worried that letting make_dev() fail might open a can of worms.

Initially (see my pseudo.patch) it will only be allowed to fail for
device drivers which advertise their ability to cope with it.

And that is a property which we should be able to make mandatory
for psudo-device drivers since it typically is a minor change to
their clone function.

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