Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 May 1999 13:48:46 +0100 | From | Mike Bristow <> | Subject | Re: block-major-xx |
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On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 02:34:39PM +0100, Daniel Silverstone wrote: [on matching `char-major-foo' with the actual device] > As a non-kernel-hacker, I also had to work out what the [block,char]-major-xx > things > were. I discovered that they relate to attempts to load handlers for the > /dev/xxxx entries.
> Alternatively, try the following...
Or cd /usr/src/linux/Documentation less devices.txt
which is likely to give you more useful info.
[reply-to: set to mike@fat.dotat.at; this is probably off topic for linux-kernel]
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