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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Devices.txt, update with LANANA
Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 04:48:39PM +0000, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
>
>>ChangeSet 1.1992.2.74, 2005/02/02 08:48:39-08:00, torben.mathiasen@hp.com
>>
>> [PATCH] Devices.txt, update with LANANA
>>
>> Attached is diff for bringing devices.txt uptodate with lanana.
>>
>> Please note: The devices.txt file in your tree will now be for 2.6+ kernels
>> only. 2.6 specific allocations will now be given out more freely, and some
>> of the stuff marked for obsolete for 2.6 has been removed. I put a note in
>> the file to let people know its for 2.6+ kernels only.
>>
>> I wanted to rename the new file to devices-2.6+.txt and then make a link
>> from the old devices.txt to this new file, but diffing it became too ugly.
>
>
> <snip>
>
>>@@ -2546,7 +2542,12 @@
>> 0 = /dev/usb/lp0 First USB printer
>> ...
>> 15 = /dev/usb/lp15 16th USB printer
>>- 32 = /dev/usb/mdc800 MDC800 USB camera
>>+ 16 = /dev/usb/mouse0 First USB mouse
>>+ ...
>>+ 31 = /dev/usb/mouse15 16th USB mouse
>>+ 32 = /dev/usb/ez0 First USB firmware loader
>>+ ...
>>+ 47 = /dev/usb/ez15 16th USB firmware loader
>> 48 = /dev/usb/scanner0 First USB scanner
>> ...
>> 63 = /dev/usb/scanner15 16th USB scanner
>>@@ -2554,23 +2555,11 @@
>> 65 = /dev/usb/usblcd USBLCD Interface (info@usblcd.de)
>> 66 = /dev/usb/cpad0 Synaptics cPad (mouse/LCD)
>>
>>- 96 = /dev/usb/hiddev0 1st USB HID device
>>- ...
>>- 111 = /dev/usb/hiddev15 16th USB HID device
>>- 112 = /dev/usb/auer0 1st auerswald ISDN device
>>- ...
>>- 127 = /dev/usb/auer15 16th auerswald ISDN device
>>- 128 = /dev/usb/brlvgr0 First Braille Voyager device
>>- ...
>>- 131 = /dev/usb/brlvgr3 Fourth Braille Voyager device
>>- 132 = /dev/usb/idmouse ID Mouse (fingerprint scanner) device
>>- 144 = /dev/usb/lcd USB LCD device
>>- 160 = /dev/usb/legousbtower0 1st USB Legotower device
>>- ...
>>- 175 = /dev/usb/legousbtower15 16th USB Legotower device
>>- 240 = /dev/usb/dabusb0 First daubusb device
>>- ...
>>- 243 = /dev/usb/dabusb3 Fourth dabusb device
>
>
> Hm, this is just wrong. As I recall, LANANA is in charge of the major
> numbers, but for the USB major, the USB developers have been assigning
> the USB minors. This patch just made the file different from what is
> currently present in the kernel.
>
> Should I just submit a patch to LANANA to update the USB minors for
> their copy so this doesn't happen again?

In general the policy has been: submit to LANANA any changes to
devices.txt, which they maintain.

So, they are the maintainer of major numbers, but also the maintainer of
devices.txt.

Jeff



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