Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:13:33 -0600 From: John E Hein <jhein@timing.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, philip@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux major/minor conversion not entirely correct Message-ID: <18500.3613.230514.193236@gromit.timing.com> In-Reply-To: <20080602144744.GU64397@hoeg.nl> References: <20080602073152.GO64397@hoeg.nl> <18500.1974.681847.564212@gromit.timing.com> <20080602144744.GU64397@hoeg.nl>
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Ed Schouten wrote at 16:47 +0200 on Jun 2, 2008: > > Where does the magic number 136 come from? > > Linux uses major numbers 136,137,138,... for PTY's. We should probably point that out in a comment &/or #define. I've heard no plans to change the device numbering scheme in linux in the near future. So this magic number should likely be stable for some time to come, correct?
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