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.
a heretical thought comes to my mind: isn't it possible to move to a sysfs/udev based filesystem and leave all the struggles of major/minor numbering of chrdevs behind?
what do you think?
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.
my opinion too.
Holger
