On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:45:30 +0200 Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * Dave Dillow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Then it is a matter of figuring out why the device number changed -- > > > I'm thinking it is device-mapper, but will look closer tomorrow. > > > > This commit is the one that changed it: > > > > commit fdf892be32d84a1745fa0aee5fc60517421b8038 > > Author: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon Feb 12 00:51:44 2007 -0800 > > > > [PATCH] register_blkdev(): don't hand out the LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL majors > > > > As pointed out in http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7922, > > dynamic blockdev major allocation can hand out majors which LANANA > > has defined as being for local/experimental use. > > i dont think we should break backwards compatibility with a system that > has not changed any hardware. Andrew, should we revert this? Well that's an odd thing for a backup program to be doing - there are any number of things which could cause a dynamically-allocated major to change. ho hum, yes, I guess it needs to go. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
