From: mod32@cs.rug.nl ( ) Subject: Re: Major device numbers Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 14:30:05 GMT
In article <1992Jul13.083427.15219@specialix.co.uk> jonb@specialix.co.uk (Jon Brawn) writes:
>Who is allocating major device numbers for new device drivers? In particular,
>I would like a major number for a 128 port serial I/O card. (can't be piggy
>backed onto the current serial stuff as it would obliterate too many other
>things).
>--
>Jon Brawn, Specialix International, jonb@specialix.co.uk
>``Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing'' - von Braun
I think you should contact Linus about that.
I'm using major nr 10 for QIC-02 tapes and I would like to reserve 11
for QIC-40 type tapes. [Not that I want to implement a QIC-40 driver
myself, though. ;-)]
-Hennus Bergman