On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 04:48:39PM +0000, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
ChangeSet 1.1992.2.74, 2005/02/02 08:48:39-08:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PATCH] Devices.txt, update with LANANA Attached is diff for bringing devices.txt uptodate with lanana. Please note: The devices.txt file in your tree will now be for 2.6+ kernels only. 2.6 specific allocations will now be given out more freely, and some of the stuff marked for obsolete for 2.6 has been removed. I put a note in the file to let people know its for 2.6+ kernels only. I wanted to rename the new file to devices-2.6+.txt and then make a link from the old devices.txt to this new file, but diffing it became too ugly.
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@@ -2546,7 +2542,12 @@ 0 = /dev/usb/lp0 First USB printer ... 15 = /dev/usb/lp15 16th USB printer - 32 = /dev/usb/mdc800 MDC800 USB camera + 16 = /dev/usb/mouse0 First USB mouse + ... + 31 = /dev/usb/mouse15 16th USB mouse + 32 = /dev/usb/ez0 First USB firmware loader + ... + 47 = /dev/usb/ez15 16th USB firmware loader 48 = /dev/usb/scanner0 First USB scanner ... 63 = /dev/usb/scanner15 16th USB scanner @@ -2554,23 +2555,11 @@ 65 = /dev/usb/usblcd USBLCD Interface ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 66 = /dev/usb/cpad0 Synaptics cPad (mouse/LCD)
- 96 = /dev/usb/hiddev0 1st USB HID device - ... - 111 = /dev/usb/hiddev15 16th USB HID device - 112 = /dev/usb/auer0 1st auerswald ISDN device - ... - 127 = /dev/usb/auer15 16th auerswald ISDN device - 128 = /dev/usb/brlvgr0 First Braille Voyager device - ... - 131 = /dev/usb/brlvgr3 Fourth Braille Voyager device - 132 = /dev/usb/idmouse ID Mouse (fingerprint scanner) device - 144 = /dev/usb/lcd USB LCD device - 160 = /dev/usb/legousbtower0 1st USB Legotower device - ... - 175 = /dev/usb/legousbtower15 16th USB Legotower device - 240 = /dev/usb/dabusb0 First daubusb device - ... - 243 = /dev/usb/dabusb3 Fourth dabusb device
Hm, this is just wrong. As I recall, LANANA is in charge of the major numbers, but for the USB major, the USB developers have been assigning the USB minors. This patch just made the file different from what is currently present in the kernel.
Should I just submit a patch to LANANA to update the USB minors for their copy so this doesn't happen again?
In general the policy has been: submit to LANANA any changes to devices.txt, which they maintain.
So, they are the maintainer of major numbers, but also the maintainer of devices.txt.
Jeff
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