Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA02072; Wed, 20 Dec 95 06:23:14 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA01247; Wed, 20 Dec 95 06:23:15 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA20376; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 06:23:19 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA12395 Wed, 20 Dec 1995 02:24:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA12315 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 02:24:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from easy.stallion.com (easy.stallion.com [204.31.184.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA12264 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 02:24:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from cluster.stallion.oz.au by easy.stallion.com id aa12850; 20 Dec 95 2:23 PST Subject: major number for new multiport serial driver To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 20:22:20 +1000 (AEST) From: Greg Ungerer Cc: Greg Ungerer X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <9512202022.aa07611@cluster.stallion.oz.au> Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hiya FreeBSD hackers, I have coded a FreeBSD driver to support some of the Stallion Technologies multiport serial boards (in particular the EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 families of boards). I am just about ready to unleash it onto the world (for some alpha testing off-course!) and would like to get a character major number assigned for it. So far I just used the next spare one (67) in the 2.0.5 kernel. (Sorry haven't tryed it on 2.1 yet... :-( So how do I do that? Seeya Gerg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Ungerer EMAIL: gerg@stallion.com Stallion Technologies Pty Ltd PHONE: +61 7 3270 4271 33 Woodstock Rd, Toowong, QLD 4066, Australia FAX: +61 7 3270 4245