>> > 	i'm yet to try the code out myself, but does it mean "create" is
>> > 	mandatory for all cases for gif?  I would like to see N gif devices
>> > 	to present on startup, with "pseudo-device gif N".  it seems to
>> > 	me that gifattach() does nothing about "count" argument.
>>Yes, I suppose I could change it to do that.  I guess that would make
>>it more consistent with interfaces that have not yet been changed to
>>support cloning...
>	something like this?
>	no "pseudo-device": no gif code in kernel
>	"pseudo-device gif 0": no gif present, need "create"
>	"pseudo-device gif 1": gif0 is present, need "create" for gif1 and up
>	"pseudo-device gif 2": gif0 and gif1 are present
>	we will need to change "#if NGIF > 0" in the code.

	sorry, i needed some green tea :-) 
	gif.h will include "#define NGIF 0" for both "pseudo-device gif 0"
	case and no pseudo-device line case...

itojun