From 9e8fcc3b1bfc5e13588f472700a558fbf2367c2582f34894131605c2e4a7fae5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 17:19:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Improve autoloading by editing vhba-devname.diff to assign a static misc number. OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/filesystems/vhba-kmp?expand=0&rev=20 --- vhba-devname.diff | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------- vhba-kmp.changes | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/vhba-devname.diff b/vhba-devname.diff index da8d662..96a284b 100644 --- a/vhba-devname.diff +++ b/vhba-devname.diff @@ -1,23 +1,41 @@ From: Jan Engelhardt Date: 2015-11-23 23:33:05.117741396 +0100 -vhba: add devname alias +Facililtate automatic loading of the kernel module on openSUSE depmod scans the devname aliases and populates -/lib/modules/X/modules.devname, which udev uses to prepopulate /dev -so that, in turn, a program can open a dev node and thereby cause +/lib/modules/X/modules.devname if there is also a +{block,char}-major-* alias. udev uses this file then to prepopulate +/dev so that a program can open a device node and thereby trigger autoloading. +This patch adds the devname (requirement 1), and assigns +a static number (requirement 2, for openSUSE only). + --- - vhba.c | 1 + - 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) + vhba.c | 8 +++++++- + 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: vhba-module-20140928/vhba.c =================================================================== --- vhba-module-20140928.orig/vhba.c +++ vhba-module-20140928/vhba.c -@@ -1069,3 +1069,4 @@ static void __exit vhba_exit(void) +@@ -954,7 +954,11 @@ static struct file_operations vhba_ctl_f + }; + + static struct miscdevice vhba_miscdev = { +- .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, ++ /* Facilitate autoload on openSUSE. The exact number does not matter, ++ * and may change over time, e.g. if "170" gets used by upstream. ++ * Of essence is that MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR is to be avoided. ++ */ ++ .minor = 170, + .name = "vhba_ctl", + .fops = &vhba_ctl_fops, + }; +@@ -1069,3 +1073,5 @@ static void __exit vhba_exit(void) module_init(vhba_init); module_exit(vhba_exit); -+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:vhba"); ++MODULE_ALIAS("devname:vhba_ctl"); ++MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(170); diff --git a/vhba-kmp.changes b/vhba-kmp.changes index e0bbdd7..a69787c 100644 --- a/vhba-kmp.changes +++ b/vhba-kmp.changes @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +------------------------------------------------------------------- +Wed Dec 9 17:19:01 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de + +- Improve autoloading by editing vhba-devname.diff to assign a + static misc number. + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Nov 23 22:32:50 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de