Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 15 May 2001 11:19:31 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Tue, 15 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > For block devices that seems to work well. char devices are harder and I'd > > rather issue the occasional new major than have people registering automatic > > cabbage slicers as a tty or a disk because they cant get a device id. > > What are the valid cases that couldn't just register as a misc'ish > driver? The one that stands out is serial devices (you have hundreds of > them), but that's the same argument as a disk anyway.
/dev/fbN, /dev/dspN, /dev/videoN, ...
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