From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 30 23:25:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA09638 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 May 1997 23:25:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de [141.31.166.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA09630 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 23:25:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from helbig@localhost) by helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA04246; Sat, 31 May 1997 08:25:00 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig Message-Id: <199705310625.IAA04246@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> Subject: Re: audio devices In-Reply-To: from Chuck Robey at "May 30, 97 09:32:24 pm" To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 08:24:59 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: FreeBSD-multimedia@glue.umd.edu, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Does anyone know what the absolute reference is for the major and minor > numbers for the audio devices, like /dev/audio, dsp, dsp0, midi, music, etc? Don't know if this is the *absolute* reference, but some numbers are in /sys/i386/conf/devices.i386 and ../majors.i386. > > I am not looking for the numbers, I can go do an ls -l of my /dev for > that. I'm trying to find the definitive guide for them. If I can get a > reference I trust, I'll go hunt thru the NAS port and fix it. These > values have undergone some changes and experimentation inthe past, as > various folks (Amancio, take a bow here) have worked to improve things. > I think that's the reason that NAS might be wrong, and if I make a change > here, I want to be able to point at the reason why I think I did it right. > > I know how to do the changes I want to do, its making sure I get the > numbers right, beyond argument, that's important. > > If I knew where the MAKEDEV script came from in the CVS tree, I would > take that as a reference ... anyone know? /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD > (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > Wolfgang