Re: CVS commit: src

[itojun%itojun.org@localhost (Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino)]

> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 05:07:01AM +0000, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> > 
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       itojun
> > Date:               Fri Aug 22 05:07:00 UTC 2003
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/etc/etc.acorn26: MAKEDEV
> >     src/etc/etc.acorn32: MAKEDEV
> >     src/etc/etc.algor: MAKEDEV
> >     src/etc/etc.alpha: MAKEDEV
> >   *snip*
> 
> That was not every single architecture?  It would not suffice to put
> /dev/crypto into one file---etc.common, say---or are the major/minor
> that badly out of sync? =(

        they are badly out of sync.

        there's no etc.common or such, so it is very painful to introduce a new
        device in /dev.  i proposed to sychronize device major/minor numbers
        for new devices across archs (by reserving major > 150 for common use
        and using shared definition file) while ago, which did not get much
        attention.

itojun