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SubjectRe: MAKEDEV on RH5 i386 added fb
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:





> It should look like:
> fb)
> major=`Major fb` || continue
> makedev fb c $major 0 $vcs
> for base in 0 1 2 3; do
> minor=`math $base \* 32`
> makedev fb$base c $major $minor $vcs
> done
>
> Geert, I think we should get rid of the confusing part of devices.t?t

============

>
> On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> > Geert, I think we should get rid of the confusing part of devices.t?t, which
> > writes about (fb minors & 0x1f) != 0.
>
> I know. Unfortunately Peter Anvin doesn't seem to find time to send his updates
> to his colleague at work. I sent the updates in April or so, and he promised to
> merge them soon with Linus.
>
> Peter: please...
>
> Greetings,
>
> Geert

Is that the whole thing? just /dev/fb[""0123] 29 [0 0 32 64 96] ? OK, thanks.
btw, I just discovered MAKEDEV update isn't working after all, so I'll post
a new patch later.

--

Brian~


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