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[PATCH 4/9] VT binding: Do not create a device file for class device 'fbcon'

From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
Date: 2006-06-18 15:48:21
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Subsystem: console subsystem, framebuffer layer, the rest · Maintainers: Greg Kroah-Hartman, Helge Deller, Linus Torvalds

The class device "fbcon" does not need to be a device file.  Do not create
one by passing a major and minor number of zero to
class_device_create()/destroy().

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <redacted>
---

 drivers/video/console/fbcon.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index 839f414..6e813a1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -3244,9 +3244,7 @@ static int __init fb_console_init(void)
 	acquire_console_sem();
 	fb_register_client(&fbcon_event_notifier);
 	fbcon_class_device =
-	    class_device_create(fb_class, NULL,
-				MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, FB_MAX), NULL,
-				"fbcon");
+	    class_device_create(fb_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), NULL, "fbcon");
 
 	if (IS_ERR(fbcon_class_device)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create class_device "
@@ -3282,7 +3280,7 @@ static void __exit fb_console_exit(void)
 	acquire_console_sem();
 	fb_unregister_client(&fbcon_event_notifier);
 	fbcon_deinit_class_device();
-	class_device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, FB_MAX));
+	class_device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(0, 0));
 	fbcon_exit();
 	release_console_sem();
 	unregister_con_driver(&fb_con);
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