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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:46:14 -0600
From: John E Hein <jhein@timing.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux major/minor conversion not entirely correct
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Ed Schouten wrote at 09:31 +0200 on Jun  2, 2008:
 > +		/*
 > +		 * Linux checks major and minors of the slave device
 > +		 * to make sure it's a pty device, so let's make him
 > +		 * believe it is.
 > +		 */
 > +		devno = strtoul(node + strlen("pts/"), NULL, 10);
 > +		*major = 136 + (devno / 256);
 > +		*minor = devno % 256;
 > +		return 0;

Where does the magic number 136 come from?