From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:46:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:45:58 -0500 Received: from [199.239.160.155] ([199.239.160.155]:17800 "EHLO tenchi.datarithm.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:45:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:35:20 +0000 From: Robert Read To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: devices.txt inconsistency Message-ID: <20010101233520.D8481@tenchi.datarithm.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010101170654.A5856@sourceware.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010101170654.A5856@sourceware.net>; from compwiz@bigfoot.com on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:06:54PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org How's this? Should char-major-15 be obsoleted, deleted or just left in for now? robert --- linux/Documentation/devices.txt.bak Mon Jan 1 15:29:24 2001 +++ linux/Documentation/devices.txt Mon Jan 1 15:33:38 2001 @@ -430,14 +430,14 @@ 1 = /dev/dos_cd1 Second MSCDEX CD-ROM ... - 13 char PC speaker (OBSOLETE) - 0 = /dev/pcmixer Emulates /dev/mixer - 1 = /dev/pcsp Emulates /dev/dsp (8-bit) - 4 = /dev/pcaudio Emulates /dev/audio - 5 = /dev/pcsp16 Emulates /dev/dsp (16-bit) + 13 char Generic Input Driver + 0 = /dev/input/js0 First joystick + 1 = /dev/input/js1 Second joystick + ... - The current PC speaker driver uses the Open Sound - System interface, and these devices are obsolete. + 64 = /dev/input/event0 For testing/debugging + 65 = /dev/input/event1 + ... block 8-bit MFM/RLL/IDE controller 0 = /dev/xda First XT disk whole disk On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:06:54PM -0500, Ari Pollak wrote: > This has not been fixed for at least a year that i can remember - in > Documentation/devices.txt, it says /dev/js* should be char-major-15*, > but in Documentation/joystick.txt it says it should be char-major-13. > I'm assuming joystick.txt is the correct one, and devices.txt should be > updated to reflect this.. before 2.4.0 would be nice. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/