Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402072348240.24800-100000 at InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
lian Elischer writes:

>> I would appreciate if people would test these devices work _as
>> previously_ with this patch in place.
>
>well that depends on your definition of "as previously"
>
>Previously, nmdm started off with 4 devices visible in /dev now I don't
>see that.. The old behaviour was intuitive... You saw a device.

This new behaviour is called a "cloning device" and it doesn't allocate
any resources until they are actually needed, which I belive is the
correct behaviour for pseudo-devices.

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