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 bothered > to tell us: > http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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!!! Imho it would be better to use 250 for all API-3 drivers, and switch to 212 for API-4. > I'm thinking it might make sense to change the major number > for the 2.4 drivers, too. Any objections? Yes/No: Imho all API-3 drivers should use the same device number. Oliver -- -------------------------------------------------------- VDR Remote Plugin available at http://endriss.escape.bei.t-online.de/vdr/ -------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Endriss ESCAPE GmbH e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EDV-Loesungen phone: +49 7722 21504 Birkenweg 9 fax: +49 7722 21510 D-78098 Triberg --------------------------------------------------------
