Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:50:07 -0700 | From | Erik Andersen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] towards a /proc-less user space |
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On Wed Mar 08, 2000 at 05:22:00PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: <20000308083832.A1058@xmission.com> > By author: Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > This patch provides 3 device drivers: devps, devmtab, and devmodules. > > mknod /dev/ps c 10 21 > > mknod /dev/mtab c 10 22 > > mknod /dev/modules c 10 23 > > > > Please don't pick your own device numbers, but coordinate with me. > 0-127 in the 10 misc range are used for pointing devices, mostly for > historical reasons.
These are registered as misc devices... I didn't feel justified in swiping an entire Major for each of these. Should I just make these regular char devices?
I was more concerned about my arbitrary grabbing of ioctl numbers. Are you the coordination point there as well?
-Erik
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