[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] mga_vid and tdfx_vid char-major with module parameter

Alban Bedel albeu at free.fr
Fri Mar 14 08:18:35 CET 2003


Hi Hans-Andreas Engel,

on Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:31:24 +0100 you wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Please consider adding the following patch to the cvs:
> 
> This patch adds a module parameter "major" to the
> mga_vid.o module. This allows to use a different major
> number than 178 at runtime. This is the same parameter 
> name as in other kernel modules, e.g., in "pd", "pf", and 
> "pg".
> 
BTW for tdfx_vid i just used the same major,minor as mga_vid. That's
probably not a so good idea. I don't really know what minor are for. So
what are the advice, use another major or minor ?
	Albeu


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