From: V. ANANDA KRISHNAN <mansarov@us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:43:48 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] jsm: use dynamic major number allocation
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.13-rc4~25^2~143
X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9539c1d495c8d92837e7b6382a1219ac275b94b2;p=linux-2.6

[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>
---

diff --git a/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_driver.c b/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_driver.c
index cc5d21300e..963ebaa37f 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_driver.c
@@ -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,
 };