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Re: sys/dev/isa/fd.c FDUNIT/FDTYPE

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Subject: Re: sys/dev/isa/fd.c FDUNIT/FDTYPE
From: Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:52:30 +0200

> FDUNIT and FDTYPE both derive from minor(dev).
Yes.

> MAKEDEV creates 16 minors, so you get unit 0 and 1, and 8 types each.
I get sixteen fd0x and sixteen fd1x entries. Is my MAKEDEV broken?

> What is FDUNIT good for?
Well, ehm, I suppose that's supposed to be, ehm, the unit number, e.g. 0 or 1 
for fd0x/fd1x.

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