Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402080034540.24800-100000 at InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
lian Elischer writes:
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>On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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>> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402072348240.24800-100000 at InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
>> lian Elischer writes:
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>> >> 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"
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>> >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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>As I said.. I doesn't behave _as Previously_  which is what you asked..

I was thinking more of the functional aspect, that characters get from
one side to the other etc.

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