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2008-10-09block: implement extended dev numbersTejun Heo
Implement extended device numbers. A block driver can tell block layer that it wants to use extended device numbers. After the usual minor space is used up, block layer automatically allocates devt's from EXT_BLOCK_MAJOR. Currently only one major number is allocated for this but as the allocation is strictly on-demand, ~1mil minor space under it should suffice unless the system actually has more than ~1mil partitions and if that ever happens adding more majors to the extended devt area is easy. Due to internal implementation issues, the first partition can't be allocated on the extended area. In other words, genhd->minors should at least be 1. This limitation will be lifted by later changes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-24video/fb: cleanup FB_MAJOR usagePhilippe De Muyter
Currently, linux/major.h defines a GRAPHDEV_MAJOR (29) that nobody uses, and linux/fb.h defines the real FB_MAJOR (also 29), that only fbmem.c needs. Drop GRAPHDEV_MAJOR from major.h, move FB_MAJOR definition from fb.h to major.h, and fix fbmem.c to use major.h's definition. Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-18xen: add virtual block device driver.Jeremy Fitzhardinge
The block device frontend driver allows the kernel to access block devices exported exported by a virtual machine containing a physical block device driver. Signed-off-by: Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2007-05-14mmc: use assigned major for block devicePierre Ossman
The MMC block devices now have an assigned major. Make sure we actually use it. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
2006-03-25[PATCH] parport: move PP_MAJOR from ppdev.h to major.hRene Herman
Today I wondered about /dev/parport<n> after not seeing anything in drivers/parport register char-major-99. Having PP_MAJOR in include/linux/major.h would've allowed me to more quickly determine that it was the ppdev driver driving these. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-20[SCSI] add scsi changer driverGerd Knorr
This patch adds a device driver for scsi media changer devices. Signed-off-by: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2005-04-16Linux-2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!