Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:56:33 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Devices.txt, update with LANANA |
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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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