Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 01:58:15 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: gerg@stallion.oz.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: major number for new multiport serial driver Message-ID: <199512201458.BAA05465@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I have coded a FreeBSD driver to support some of the Stallion Technologies >multiport serial boards (in particular the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 >families of boards). I am just about ready to unleash it onto the world >(for some alpha testing off-course!) and would like to get a character >major number assigned for it. So far I just used the next spare one (67) in >the 2.0.5 kernel. (Sorry haven't tryed it on 2.1 yet... :-( >So how do I do that? Get it put in -current. Then it will get the next spare major number in -current, unless it is delayed a few weeks or months until major numbers have gone away. Major numbers were never really assigned on request like old docs said. -current is close to having dynamic assignment of major numbers, with only device names being important. Bruce
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