From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Sep 23 01:54:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA00164 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 01:54:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.116.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA00159 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 01:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.30.2]) by Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (8.8.7/RBI-Z13) with ESMTP id KAA11369; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:54:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.8.5/8.6.9) id LAA00459; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:00:36 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <19970923110036.43094@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:00:36 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: major/minor for industrial hw required References: <199709230703.JAA05426@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <6318.875004725@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <6318.875004725@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 01:52:05AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 01:52:05AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Who is responsible for the Maj/Min device numbering disposal > > in FreeBSD? > > Whomever in core first steps forward, usually. :) > > And we only assign major numbers - the driver writer is free to do > whatever [s]he likes with the minor, it's really not a matter of > concern. > > You now have major #83, provisional device name of "can" (which I can > change if you like). can can stay. :) > > Jordan -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de