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- Date:
Sun Apr 21 11:56:13 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.92/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
- Orig date:
Sun Apr 21 12:38:59 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.92/linux/Documentation/devices.txt linux/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
- Last revised: April 10, 1996
+ Last revised: April 20, 1996
This list is the successor to Rick Miller's Linux Device List, which
he stopped maintaining when he got busy with other things in 1993. It
is a registry of allocated major device numbers, as well as the
recommended /dev directory nodes for these devices.
-The latest version of this list is included with the Linux kernel
+The lastest version of this list is included with the Linux kernel
sources in LaTeX and ASCII form. In case of discrepancy, the LaTeX
version is authoritative.
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
permission of the author, assuming the author can be contacted without
an unreasonable effort.
+In particular, please don't sent patches for this list to Linus, at
+least not without contacting me first.
+
0 Unnamed devices (e.g. non-device mounts)
0 = reserved as null device number
@@ -243,6 +246,9 @@
133 = /dev/exttrp External device trap
134 = /dev/apm_bios Advanced Power Management BIOS
135 = /dev/rtc Real Time Clock
+ 136 = /dev/qcam0 QuickCam on lp0
+ 137 = /dev/qcam1 QuickCam on lp1
+ 138 = /dev/qcam2 QuickCam on lp2
11 char Raw keyboard device
0 = /dev/kbd Raw keyboard device
@@ -342,12 +348,9 @@
0 = /dev/sjcd Sanyo CD-ROM
19 char Cyclades serial card
- 0 = /dev/ttyC0 First Cyclades port
+ 0 = /dev/ttyC0 First Cyclades port
...
31 = /dev/ttyC31 32nd Cyclades port
-
- It would make more sense for these to start at 0...
-
block "Double" compressed disk
0 = /dev/double0 First compressed disk
...
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@
mirror devices.
20 char Cyclades serial card - alternate devices
- 0 = /dev/cub0 Callout device corresponding to ttyC0
+ 0 = /dev/cub0 Callout device corresponding to ttyC0
...
31 = /dev/cub31 Callout device corresponding to ttyC31
block Hitachi CD-ROM (under development)
@@ -658,21 +661,26 @@
43 char isdn4linux virtual modem
0 = /dev/ttyI0 First virtual modem
...
- 15 = /dev/ttyI15 16th virtual modem
+ 63 = /dev/ttyI63 64th virtual modem
44 char isdn4linux virtual modem - alternate devices
0 = /dev/cui0 Callout device corresponding to ttyI0
...
- 15 = /dev/cui15 Callout device corresponding to ttyI15
+ 63 = /dev/cui63 Callout device corresponding to ttyI63
45 char isdn4linux ISDN BRI driver
0 = /dev/isdn0 First virtual B channel raw data
...
- 15 = /dev/isdn15 16th virtual B channel raw data
- 16 = /dev/isdnctrl0 First channel control/debug
+ 63 = /dev/isdn63 64th virtual B channel raw data
+ 64 = /dev/isdnctrl0 First channel control/debug
+ ...
+ 127 = /dev/isdnctrl63 64th channel control/debug
+
+ 128 = /dev/ippp0 First SyncPPP device
...
- 31 = /dev/isdnctrl15 16th channel control/debug
- 128 = /dev/isdninfo ISDN monitor interface
+ 191 = /dev/ippp63 64th SyncPPP device
+
+ 255 = /dev/isdninfo ISDN monitor interface
46 char Comtrol Rocketport serial card
0 = /dev/ttyR0 First Rocketport port
@@ -684,7 +692,17 @@
1 = /dev/cur1 Callout device corresponding to ttyR1
...
- 48-59 UNALLOCATED
+ 48 char SDL RISCom serial card
+ 0 = /dev/ttyL0 First RISCom port
+ 1 = /dev/ttyL1 Second RISCom port
+ ...
+
+ 49 char SDL RISCom serial card - alternate devices
+ 0 = /dev/cul0 Callout device corresponding to ttyL0
+ 1 = /dev/cul1 Callout device corresponding to ttyL1
+ ...
+
+ 50-59 UNALLOCATED
60-63 LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not
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