Subject: Re: major device number assignment
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/14/2005 07:56:25
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On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:33:15PM +1000, Simon Burge wrote:
> john heasley wrote:
>=20
> > I'd like to add twe to the alpha port.  Do I attempt to keep the major =
number
> > the same as other ports, or just allocate the next available number?  s=
parc*
> > & arm unnecessarily use different majors for twe.
>=20
> I'm pretty sure that entries in sys/conf/majors can be overriden by
> arch-specific entries, so just add it to the end of the former file
> and it should effect any existing archs that use twe.

They're not overriden;  they just co-exist.  Both major numbers will be
valid on archs that already provide a major number for that device.

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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