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- Lines: 26
- Date:
Thu Aug 6 02:29:45 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.114/linux/include/linux/major.h
- Orig date:
Fri May 8 23:14:56 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.114/linux/include/linux/major.h linux/include/linux/major.h
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
/* limits */
-#define MAX_CHRDEV 128
-#define MAX_BLKDEV 128
+/*
+ * Important: Don't change this to 256. Major number 255 is and must be
+ * reserved for future expansion into a larger dev_t space.
+ */
+#define MAX_CHRDEV 255
+#define MAX_BLKDEV 255
#define UNNAMED_MAJOR 0
#define MEM_MAJOR 1
@@ -79,6 +83,10 @@
#define SPECIALIX_NORMAL_MAJOR 75
#define SPECIALIX_CALLOUT_MAJOR 76
+
+#define UNIX98_PTY_MASTER_MAJOR 128
+#define UNIX98_PTY_MAJOR_COUNT 8
+#define UNIX98_PTY_SLAVE_MAJOR (UNIX98_PTY_MASTER_MAJOR+UNIX98_PTY_MAJOR_COUNT)
/*
* Tests for SCSI devices.
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