dnl # dnl # Determine an available miscellaneous minor number which can be used dnl # for the /dev/zfs device. This is needed because kernel module dnl # auto-loading depends on registering a reserved non-conflicting minor dnl # number. Start with a large known available unreserved minor and work dnl # our way down to lower value if a collision is detected. dnl # AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MISC_MINOR], [ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether /dev/zfs minor is available]) for i in $(seq 249 -1 200); do if ! grep -q "^#define\s\+.*_MINOR\s\+.*$i" \ ${LINUX}/include/linux/miscdevice.h; then ZFS_DEVICE_MINOR="$i" AC_MSG_RESULT($ZFS_DEVICE_MINOR) AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([ZFS_DEVICE_MINOR], [$ZFS_DEVICE_MINOR], [/dev/zfs minor]) break fi done AS_IF([ test -z "$ZFS_DEVICE_MINOR"], [ AC_MSG_ERROR([ *** No available misc minor numbers available for use.]) ]) ])