Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 09:16:40 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: list of major device numbers? Message-ID: <199602030816.JAA08609@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199602022239.OAA16197@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Feb 2, 96 02:39:03 pm
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As Julian Elischer wrote: > > > What are the plans to dynamicalize the assignment of major numbers? I > 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.. So we should reserve the first 20 numbers for fixed ones, and convert all but the critical drivers to no longer using a fixed one. Should we? -- 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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