[PATCH 1/4] driver: allow register device with specific id

[Sascha Hauer]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 03:50:37PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 15:45 Fri 17 Sep     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > Hi J,
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 01:27:37PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > if you specify id = 0 the next available id will be taken
> > > otherwise fail if already registered
> > 
> > I think we need a better solution here. Being able to specify an id
> > is a good idea in general, but since 0 is a valid id we should be able
> > to specify exactly this id aswell.
> > An idea is to use -1 for a dynamic id, but of course this needs changes
> > to all existing devices.
> I prefer to do it a second step
> in this case

I prefer doing it first, because it makes sure the problem is getting
solved.

Sascha

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