Distribution: Debian unstable Problem Description: Even though pktcdvd driver is assigned a static major device number (97 block, according to Documentation/devices.txt), driver module fails to initialize it properly. As a result, the device number is getting assigned dynamically, which is not what one might naively expect. Steps to reproduce: # modprobe pktcdvd # grep pktcdvd /proc/devices 253 pktcdvd This value is in contradiction to the one mentioned in devices.txt. Thanks to Vincent Fourmond for noticing.
Reply-To: petero2@telia.com On Sun, 14 May 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 23:29:38 -0700 > From: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org > To: bugme-new@lists.osdl.org > Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 6545] New: pktcdvd driver's major number is > not properly initialized > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6545 > > Summary: pktcdvd driver's major number is not properly > initialized > Kernel Version: 2.6.16.12 > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Owner: axboe@suse.de > Submitter: jurij@wooyd.org > > > Distribution: Debian unstable > Problem Description: Even though pktcdvd driver is assigned a static major > device number (97 block, according to Documentation/devices.txt), driver module > fails to initialize it properly. As a result, the device number is getting > assigned dynamically, which is not what one might naively expect. > > Steps to reproduce: > # modprobe pktcdvd > # grep pktcdvd /proc/devices > 253 pktcdvd > > This value is in contradiction to the one mentioned in devices.txt. > Thanks to Vincent Fourmond for noticing. Changing the driver to use dynamic device numbers was one of the many changes that were made in order to have the driver accepted into the mainline kernel. Therefore I would say that the entry in devices.txt is obsolete. This patch removes it. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> --- Documentation/devices.txt | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index 3c406ac..b369a8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -1721,11 +1721,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. These devices support the same API as the generic SCSI devices. - 97 block Packet writing for CD/DVD devices - 0 = /dev/pktcdvd0 First packet-writing module - 1 = /dev/pktcdvd1 Second packet-writing module - ... - 98 char Control and Measurement Device (comedi) 0 = /dev/comedi0 First comedi device 1 = /dev/comedi1 Second comedi device