From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 2 7:23:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE4D314D50 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 07:23:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11tY48-0002m1-00; Thu, 02 Dec 1999 17:22:40 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: John Hartley Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: device major number allocation In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:58:47 GMT." <38468927.C216BB27@ncipher.com> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 17:22:39 +0200 Message-ID: <10664.944148159@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:58:47 GMT, John Hartley wrote: > I was wondering if someone could tell me how to get a device major > number allocated for this driver. The way it normally works is that a major is picked arbitrarily when the driver is imported into FreeBSD. I can't recall drivers for which major numbers were reserved before import. How far are you from being able to submit your driver? In the interim, you could just pick one and run with it. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message