Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 16:26:50 +0000 From: John Hartley <john@ncipher.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: device major number allocation Message-ID: <38469DCA.6D189526@ncipher.com> References: <10664.944148159@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:58:47 GMT, John Hartley wrote: > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me how to get a device major > > number allocated for this driver. > > The way it normally works is that a major is picked arbitrarily when the > driver is imported into FreeBSD. I can't recall drivers for which major > numbers were reserved before import. > > How far are you from being able to submit your driver? In the interim, > you could just pick one and run with it. > thank you for your quick response. The driver is in Beta at the moment, but I would like to use the correct major number for QA and release if possible. I can send you the current source of the driver, but there are likely to be several bug fixes before we are completely happy with it. We are happy to ship the source to our driver, but I am not sure whether you will want to put it into your standard kernel, both because it is only Beta and also the majority of your users will never want it. I can upload the current source of the driver to ftp.freebsd.org if this is the best way to proceed. please let me know what you would like me to do. thanks again, -john -- John Hartley nCipher Corporation Ltd, http://www.ncipher.com Station Road, mailto:john@ncipher.com Cambridge, CB1 2JD voice: +44 1223 723 600 United Kingdom fax: +44 1223 723 601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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