Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:49:29 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Wintergerst <Thomas.Wintergerst@nord-com.net> Cc: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@kts.org> Subject: RE: Request for a new major character device number Message-ID: <XFMail.20030428164929.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3EAAC30C.1010803@nord-com.net>
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On 26-Apr-2003 Thomas Wintergerst wrote: > Hi all, > > I need an "official" major device number for the CAPI subsystem for > *BSD. The file "/usr/src/sys/conf/majors" states that I should contact > this list to obtain a reserved major device number. The device number > should be useable in 5.0-RELEASE and earlier releases. > > As You may have noticed by watching the the mailing list > "freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org" I wrote a package for CAPI support for > FreeBSD. For those not familiar with this term: CAPI is the "Common ISDN > API", the standard interface to communicate over ISDN with ISDN boards. > > The device number is needed to link the kernel CAPI manager and its > attached device drivers with userspace applications. > > Maybe Hellmuth Michaelis, maintainer of I4B, already sent out this > request. I am in contact with him to integrate the CAPI subsystem into > "current". Well, current has a device filesystem that controls /dev and doesn't require fixed major numbers. Assuming that userland opens devices by name, then you don't need a fixed major number for 5.x. If you backport the driver to 4.x, then in 4.x a major number can be allocated. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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