Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 9 Jul 2006 13:22:53 -0400 | From | "Albert Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: devices.txt errors |
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On 7/9/06, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 02:49:19 -0400 "Albert Cahalan" <acahalan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Some names, like "/dev/iseries/vtty%d", are too damn big. > > As far as I know they were never used and certainly aren't now. We did > once use /dev/viocons/%d, but that went away a long time ago (before the > code was in the mainline kernel). Major 229 is now used by the pSeries > Hypervisor consoles (/dev/hvc%d) and hopefully soon by a new iSeries > hypervisor console with the same name.
Since that still isn't in devices.txt...
/dev/ttyHV%d would match the standard pattern better. (assuming you only need 3-digit numbers) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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