From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 13:49:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD8637B407 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:49:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail14.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA0C43FDF for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:49:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 6931 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2003 20:49:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 28 Apr 2003 20:49:37 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3SKnOOv016010; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:49:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3EAAC30C.1010803@nord-com.net> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:49:29 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Thomas Wintergerst cc: hackers@freebsd.org cc: Hellmuth Michaelis Subject: RE: Request for a new major character device number X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:49:32 -0000 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 <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/