[Ubi] Wrong major:minor

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 04:37, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 11:36 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
>> On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 12:39 +0200, Gilles wrote:
>> > I used the following data to compile Ubi(fs) into a uClinux kernel:
>> >
>> > ========= device_table.txt
>> > #UBIFS nodes
>> > /dev/ubi_ctrl       c       644     0       0       10      63      0       0       -
>> > /dev/ubi0   c       644     0       0       253     0       0       0       -
>> > =========
>>
>> But I guess you may add an UBI module parameter which will ask UBI to
>> use major numbers you want - should be easy to do. E.g., if you add a
>> 'major_base=200' parameter then UBI will use 200:0 for ubi0, 201:0 for
>> ubi1, 200:1 for ubi0_0, 200:2 for ubi0_1, etc.
>
> Although I'm not sure - dynamic numbers were introduced because fixed
> numbers are PITA, so adding such a parameter would be a step backward.
> Not sure...

yeah, i dont think there should be.  at least nothing specific to ubi.
 perhaps a general kernel thing where you could match the registered
name to a static #, but then that wouldnt be ubi's problem.  that'd be
in the core logic and work for all devices.
-mike