Re: [PATCH] Revert "Bluetooth: Use devname:vhci module alias for virtual HCI driver"

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Thomas,

> Adding the devname:vhci alias and thus adding a static /dev/vhci device node
> only works when assigning a fixed major/minor number. However, the code
> currently uses a dynamically assigned minor number. It is therefore impossible
> to create a static device and to autoload the module when accessing it.
> 
> Reverting this fixes the kmod error message
> depmod: ERROR: Module 'hci_vhci' has devname (vhci) but lacks major and minor information. Ignoring.
> 
> This reverts commit bfacbb9aec029b3200053d84c8cd5d7575f2d4a5.

NAK. We allocated a static minor for this.

Regards

Marcel

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