Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 14:39:03 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: list of major device numbers? Message-ID: <199602022239.OAA16197@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199602021005.LAA04712@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Feb 2, 96 11:05:30 am
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> > As Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Here's the list I have so far: > > > > Ok, we should check this in asap, and it should probably be in 2.1 > > too or SOMEthing.. > > (so that we can keep them in sync) > > What are the plans to dynamicalize the assignment of major numbers? I > think, except for a few ``well-known'' devices that might be important > for the bootstrap, everything else could be handled in a dynamic > scenario. if you specify (-1?) it will dynamically assign you one, but I need to change this so that it statrs at a higher number so as to not collide with devices that already statically have a spot.. of course you MUST have a devfs to make this work, (or have the modload program return the new major number) > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) >
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