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Date:      Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:13:59 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr.     Preprocessor])
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Major number for PCDMX driver? 
Message-ID:  <200001180113.RAA02881@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "16 Jan 2000 12:34:24 %2B0100." <y9lln5qntbz.fsf@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> 

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> Hi,
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> I've written a driver for SoundLight's PCDMX DMX512 boards.  (DMX512
> is a serial protocol used for driving theater and show lighting
> systems.)  I plan to make it available via SoundLight's web site.
> =

> The potential user base for this is not large enough to warrant
> inclusion into the kernel (it's a kld), but having a reserved major
> device number for it would maybe be nice.  I don't know the exact
> policy for this, so I'd appreciate if someone could tell me.  I'm not
> on freebsd-hackers, so please Cc me on anything that develops.

Give us the name of your driver and we'll give you a number.  8)

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\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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