On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Ramon van Handel wrote:
> >The difference is that in early development you use a device number in
> >the "LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL" range, rather than having a permanently
> >assigned number. Clashes with other experimental projects is fairly
> >likely. Might as well chose an unused one automatically until plex86
> >gets its own allocated number, IMO.
>
> Hm. IS our device number in the experimental range ? I didn't pick it, so
> I wouldn't know ;)
It is. I checked before replying. :-)
> As plex86 is, IMO, past the "experimental stage" (well, it's still
> in an early stage but it's getting usable fast), perhaps we should
> apply for a real major.
Do we need a whole major? AT the moment it's /dev/plex86 for minor 0.
Are the other minor numbers going to be used, and if so what will they
be called? If not, it might as well just be a minor somewhere.
For reference, VMWare has a minor for /dev/vmmon ("VMWare virtual
machine monitor") and a major for /dev/vmnet* ("VMWare virtual network
control").
Chris
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