Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA17959; Wed, 20 Dec 95 12:16:52 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AB06497; Wed, 20 Dec 95 12:16:53 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA21672; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 12:16:55 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA22159 Wed, 20 Dec 1995 07:02:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA22105 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 07:02:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA22100 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 07:02:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id BAA05465; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 01:58:15 +1100 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 01:58:15 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199512201458.BAA05465@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: gerg@stallion.oz.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: major number for new multiport serial driver Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >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? Get it put in -current. Then it will get the next spare major number in -current, unless it is delayed a few weeks or months until major numbers have gone away. Major numbers were never really assigned on request like old docs said. -current is close to having dynamic assignment of major numbers, with only device names being important. Bruce