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- Lines: 106
- Date:
Sun Aug 16 11:35:51 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.115/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
- Orig date:
Thu Aug 6 14:06:28 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.115/linux/Documentation/devices.txt linux/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
LINUX ALLOCATED DEVICES
Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
- Last revised: August 5, 1998
+ Last revised: August 10, 1998
This list is the Linux Device List, the official registry of allocated
device numbers and /dev directory nodes for the Linux operating
@@ -184,19 +184,16 @@
64 = /dev/ttyS0 First serial port
...
127 = /dev/ttyS63 64th serial port
- 128 = /dev/ptyp0 First old pseudo-tty master
+ 128 = /dev/ptyp0 OBSOLETE
...
- 191 = /dev/ptysf 64th old pseudo-tty master
- 192 = /dev/ttyp0 First old pseudo-tty slave
+ 191 = /dev/ptysf OBSOLETE
+ 192 = /dev/ttyp0 OBSOLETE
...
- 255 = /dev/ttysf 64th old pseudo-tty slave
+ 255 = /dev/ttysf OBSOLETE
- For compatibility with previous versions of Linux, the
- first 64 PTYs are replicated under this device number.
- This use is deprecated with the release of Linux 2.0
- and may be removed in a future version of Linux. To
- ensure proper operation, do not mix old and new PTY
- devices.
+ Older versions of the Linux kernel used this major
+ number for BSD PTY devices. As of Linux 2.1.115, this
+ is no longer supported. Use major numbers 2 and 3.
5 char Alternate TTY devices
0 = /dev/tty Current TTY device
@@ -310,9 +307,6 @@
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
139 = /dev/openprom SPARC OpenBoot PROM
140 = /dev/relay8 Berkshire Products Octal relay card
141 = /dev/relay16 Berkshire Products ISO-16 relay card
@@ -326,8 +320,8 @@
149 = /dev/input/mouse Linux/SGI Irix emulation mouse
150 = /dev/input/keyboard Linux/SGI Irix emulation keyboard
151 = /dev/led Front panel LEDs
- 152 = /dev/radio Radio card (type?)
153 = /dev/mergemem Memory merge device
+ 154 = /dev/pmu Macintosh PowerBook power manager
11 char Raw keyboard device
0 = /dev/kbd Raw keyboard device
@@ -1163,16 +1157,19 @@
80 char Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
0 = /dev/at200 Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
- 81 char Brooktree Bt848 frame grabbers
- 0 = /dev/bttv0 First Bt848 card
- 1 = /dev/bttv1 Second Bt848 card
+ 81 char video4linux
+ 0 = /dev/video0 Video capture/overlay device
+ ...
+ 63 = /dev/video63 Video capture/overlay device
+ 64 = /dev/radio0 Radio device
...
- 16 = /dev/bttvc0 Control for first Bt848 card
- 17 = /dev/bttvc1 Control for second Bt848 card
+ 127 = /dev/radio63 Radio device
+ 192 = /dev/vtx0 Teletext device
...
- 32 = /dev/bttv-vbi0 VBI data of first Bt848 card
- 33 = /dev/bttv-vbi1 VBI data of second Bt848 card
+ 223 = /dev/vtx31 Teletext device
+ 224 = /dev/vbi0 Vertical blank interrupt
...
+ 255 = /dev/vbi31 Vertical blank interrupt
82 char WiNRADiO communications receiver card
0 = /dev/winradio0 First WiNRADiO card
@@ -1330,7 +1327,12 @@
109 char Reserved for logical volume manager
-108-119 UNALLOCATED
+110 char miroMEDIA Surround board
+ 0 = /dev/srnd0 First miroMEDIA Surround board
+ 1 = /dev/srnd1 Second miroMEDIA Surround board
+ ...
+
+111-119 UNALLOCATED
120-127 LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
@@ -1388,6 +1390,8 @@
/dev/core /proc/kcore symbolic Backward compatibility
/dev/ramdisk ram0 symbolic Backward compatibility
/dev/ftape qft0 symbolic Backward compatibility
+/dev/bttv0 video0 symbolic Backward compatibility
+/dev/radio radio0 symbolic Backward compatibility
/dev/scd? sr? hard Alternate SCSI CD-ROM name
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