New version. http://netbsd.org/~kamil/patch-00086-pkgsrc-majors.2.txt I have no preference on preallocation and selection of numbers. On 17.02.2019 00:12, Jaromír Doleček wrote: > Perhaps do not pre-reserve anything and simply reserve consecutive > numbers as the need arises? > > Le sam. 16 févr. 2019 à 23:55, Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> a écrit : >> >> On 16.02.2019 23:40, Jaromír Doleček wrote: >>> Le sam. 16 févr. 2019 à 23:24, Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> a écrit : >>>> >>>> We started to build and ship kernel modules through pkgsrc. >>>> >>>> I would like to reserve 3 major numbers for the HAXM case from the base >>>> pool of devices and prevent potential future conflicts and compatibility >>>> breakage due to picking up another major number in a 3rd party software. >>>> >>>> Where and how to reserve these major numbers? >>>> >>>> I expect that we will start growing software that uses our kernel module >>>> framework. (I have got few candidates to get ported in future) >>> >>> See sys/conf/majors >>> >>> Jaromir >>> >> >> Proposed patch: >> >> http://netbsd.org/~kamil/patch-00086-pkgsrc-majors.txt >> >> I have no opinion on numbers to pick, please suggest the right ranges >> and I will follow it. >>
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