> 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