Subject: Re: [README] MI device major assignment
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/10/2003 18:26:46
Matt Thomas wrote:

> At 01:18 AM 10/5/2003, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >following recent discussion on MI-assigned majors, I made first step
> >in the direction.
> >
> >Majors for MI devices are now assigned centrally for all ports, in
> >src/sys/dev/majors. This file is automatically included during
> >kernel config. Any new MI drivers (i.e. drivers usable on more
> >than one arch) majors should be assigned there instead of
> >arch/*/conf/majors.ARCH.
> 
> I believe that majors should live in sys/conf, not sys/dev.
> majors is a configuration file and sys/conf is the corresponding
> place to sys/arch/*/conf.

I agree with Matt here.  Also note that sys/conf/files has lots
of device related infomation too (and has corresponding places in
sys/arch/*/conf too).

Simon.
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