> > Imho it would be better to use 250 for all API-3 drivers,
> > and switch to 212 for API-4.
> >
> IMHO, this is the best solution to avoid a lot of confusion.
> API-4 will need many changes to softwares, so a new major
> shouldn't be too difficult to do at the same time.
> That way, the big conf
Quoting Steffen Barszus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
BTW is it planned to make the drivers udev compatible ? As far as i have
understood it will be used in favour of devfs in near future, but a fast try
showed me that there are no dvb devices created with udev. Any plans ?
Steffen
There is a sysfs/udev pat
>
> Maybe a kernel-config option to choose the DVB_MAJOR define used
> simplifies the transition, especially for people who switch between
> different kernel version on-the-fly and don't want to recreate their
> device nodes for every boot...
>
I'm just curious if these old alias' are going
Michael Hunold wrote:
Hi,
On 07/27/04 19:39, Oliver Endriss wrote:
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19:20, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
The new offical major number is 212. I've changed the sources
for dvb-kernel (dvbdev.h and MAKEDEV-DVB.sh). People who
don't use devfs will have to recreate their devices.
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 08:59, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> > And, BTW, udev doesn't obsolete device numbers, it is just
> > a mechanism to create device nodes automatically.
> >
> :) (like the one that was once called devfs... exactly what everybody
> wants/needs;)
B
Hi,
On 07/27/04 19:39, Oliver Endriss wrote:
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19:20, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
The new offical major number is 212. I've changed the sources
for dvb-kernel (dvbdev.h and MAKEDEV-DVB.sh). People who
don't use devfs will have to recreate their devices.
Imho it would be bette
Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
Holger Waechtler wrote:
Oliver Endriss wrote:
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19:20, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
Hi,
I was just informed that LANANA has assigned an official
major number for DVB, so we don't have to use the "unoffical /
experimental use only" number 250 anymore.
> >>The new offical major number is 212. I've changed the sources
> >>for dvb-kernel (dvbdev.h and MAKEDEV-DVB.sh). People who
> >>don't use devfs will have to recreate their devices.
> >
> >
> > Argh, this will cause a lot of trouble!!!
> >
So, in order to fix this, all we have to do is unlo
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 07:39:32PM +0200, Oliver Endriss wrote:
> ...
> > The new offical major number is 212. I've changed the sources
> > for dvb-kernel (dvbdev.h and MAKEDEV-DVB.sh). People who
> > don't use devfs will have to recreate their devices.
>
> Argh, this will cause a lot of trouble!!
Holger Waechtler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> a heretical thought comes to my mind: isn't it possible to move to a
> sysfs/udev based filesystem and leave all the struggles of major/minor
> numbering of chrdevs behind?
sysfs support would indead simplify the switchover, as udev can create
the de
Holger Waechtler wrote:
> Oliver Endriss wrote:
> >On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19:20, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I was just informed that LANANA has assigned an official
> >>major number for DVB, so we don't have to use the "unoffical /
> >>experimental use only" number 250 anymore
Oliver Endriss wrote:
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19:20, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
Hi,
I was just informed that LANANA has assigned an official
major number for DVB, so we don't have to use the "unoffical /
experimental use only" number 250 anymore.
Apparently the number was assigned months ago, just
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19:20, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was just informed that LANANA has assigned an official
> major number for DVB, so we don't have to use the "unoffical /
> experimental use only" number 250 anymore.
>
> Apparently the number was assigned months ago, just nobody
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