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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 1997 01:52:05 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: major/minor for industrial hw required 
Message-ID:  <6318.875004725@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Sep 1997 09:03:50 %2B0200." <199709230703.JAA05426@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> 

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> Who is responsible for the Maj/Min device numbering disposal
> in FreeBSD?

Whomever in core first steps forward, usually. :)

And we only assign major numbers - the driver writer is free to do
whatever [s]he likes with the minor, it's really not a matter of
concern.

You now have major #83, provisional device name of "can" (which I can
change if you like).

					Jordan



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