Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:00:36 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: major/minor for industrial hw required Message-ID: <19970923110036.43094@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <6318.875004725@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 01:52:05AM -0700 References: <199709230703.JAA05426@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <6318.875004725@time.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 01:52:05AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > 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). can can stay. :) > > Jordan -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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