Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 2 Jan 2001 18:16:14 +0100 | From | Hubert Mantel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] devices.txt bugs |
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Hi,
On Tue, Jan 02, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> This patch fixes two things: > > - Correct the minor numbers for the frame buffer devices. We have room for > 32 frame buffers since about one year, with more room for future expansion > to 256. (promised to go in by HPA on Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:47:05 -0800). > > - Fix a typo in the minors for the A2232 serial card > > --- linux-2.4.0-current/Documentation/devices.txt.orig Mon Jan 1 23:30:06 2001 > +++ linux-2.4.0-current/Documentation/devices.txt Tue Jan 2 11:16:42 2001 > @@ -660,6 +660,12 @@ > > 29 char Universal frame buffer > 0 = /dev/fb0 First frame buffer > + 1 = /dev/fb1 Second frame buffer > + ... > + 31 = /dev/fb31 32nd frame buffer > + > + Backward compatibility aliases {2.6} > + > 32 = /dev/fb1 Second frame buffer
How is this supposed to work? /dev/fb1 can either be 29,1 or 29,32. But not both at the same time.
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