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From: "V. ANANDA KRISHNAN" <mansarov@us.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: assignment of major number to serial driver -2.6.x kernels
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:53:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1121788393.3756.8.camel@siliver.austin.ibm.com> (raw)

Hi All,

  I would like to know whether the usage of 253 as major (device) number
in serial port drivers is restricted in 2.6.x kernels.  I am asking this
question, though the documentation tells the driver developers that 253
is a reserved major number, 2.6.x Linux kernels can accommodate more
than 255.

  Also I would like to know the procedure (and related info) to apply
for getting a static number (major/minor) for devices in device drivers.
Is this practice continued still?

  Thanks for your help.

Regards,
V. Ananda Krishnan


             reply	other threads:[~2005-07-19 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-19 15:53 V. ANANDA KRISHNAN [this message]
2005-07-19 17:47 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-07-20 11:25 ` Alan Cox

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