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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5555 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:48:54 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!psgrain!m2xenix!agora!rgrimes From: rgrimes@agora.rain.com (Rodney Grimes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: New kernel on rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk Message-ID: <Bzv72p.2F1@agora.rain.com> Date: 26 Dec 92 11:40:00 GMT Article-I.D.: agora.Bzv72p.2F1 References: <1992Dec23.034326.1570@ponds.uucp> <Bzq5sq.5nF@ibmpcug.co.uk> Organization: Open Communications Forum Lines: 18 [stuff deleted] >This driver is now currently set up as major device 16 in the kernel >on rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk. >Anyone think there is a call for a central "person" who gives out >major device numbers to those developing device drivers? Absolutely, and here is my request for a dev number for the fd device (All the support is there it is just missing from the cdev table and the /dev/MAKEDEV has it at 53 wich is way wrong (unless you are running BSD4.3 on a vax!!) I have assigned it a number on my system and it works fine (fixes make tags in the source tree and things that use /dev/stdin, /dev/stdout) -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@agora.rain.com Accurate Automation Company All opinions belong to me and my company!