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Date:      Sat, 31 May 1997 08:24:59 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
To:        chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Cc:        FreeBSD-multimedia@glue.umd.edu, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: audio devices
Message-ID:  <199705310625.IAA04246@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970530212515.364T-100000@Journey2.mat.net> from Chuck Robey at "May 30, 97 09:32:24 pm"

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> Does anyone know what the absolute reference is for the major and minor 
> numbers for the audio devices, like /dev/audio, dsp, dsp0, midi, music, etc?

Don't know if this is the *absolute* reference, but some numbers are
in /sys/i386/conf/devices.i386 and ../majors.i386.

> 
> I am not looking for the numbers, I can go do an ls -l of my /dev for 
> that.  I'm trying to find the definitive guide for them.  If I can get a 
> reference I trust, I'll go hunt thru the NAS port and fix it.  These 
> values have undergone some changes and experimentation inthe past, as 
> various folks (Amancio, take a bow here) have worked to improve things.  
> I think that's the reason that NAS might be wrong, and if I make a change 
> here, I want to be able to point at the reason why I think I did it right.
> 
> I know how to do the changes I want to do, its making sure I get the 
> numbers right, beyond argument, that's important.
> 
> If I knew where the MAKEDEV script came from in the CVS tree, I would 
> take that as a reference ... anyone know?

/usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV

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Wolfgang



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