Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch

[Julian Elischer]

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> 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.
 
As I said.. I doesn't behave _as Previously_  which is what you asked..

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