Commit 9539c1d4 authored Jul 27, 2005 by V. ANANDA KRISHNAN Committed by Linus Torvalds Jul 27, 2005

[PATCH] jsm: use dynamic major number allocation



The jsm driver uses a static number of 253.  The major number 253 is a
reserved for "LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE" by both char and block devices.  So
take advantage of the dynamic allocation of major number by the kernel.

Signed-off-by: V. Ananda Krishnan <mansarov@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

parent 49f29915

drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_driver.c

+1 −1

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		@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct uart_driver jsm_uart_driver = {
		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
		.driver_name = JSM_DRIVER_NAME,
		.dev_name = "ttyn",
		.major = 253,
		.major = 0,
		.minor = JSM_MINOR_START,
		.nr = NR_PORTS,
		};