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- Lines: 82
- Date:
Sun Sep 10 10:30:32 1995
- Orig file:
v1.3.25/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
- Orig date:
Sun Sep 3 12:26:47 1995
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.25/linux/Documentation/devices.txt linux/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <Peter.Anvin@linux.org>
- Last revised: August 28, 1995
+ Last revised: September 6, 1995
This list is the successor to Rick Miller's Linux Device List, which
he stopped maintaining when he lost network access in 1993. It is a
registry of allocated major device numbers, as well as the recommended
/dev directory nodes for these devices.
-This list is available via FTP from ftp.yggdrasil.com in the directory
-/pub/device-list; filename is devices.<format> where <format> is txt
-(ASCII), tex (LaTeX), dvi (DVI) or ps (PostScript). In cases of
-discrepancy, the LaTeX version has priority.
+This list is now included with the Linux kernel sources in LaTeX and
+ASCII form. This list is also available via FTP from
+ftp.yggdrasil.com in the directory /pub/device-list; filename is
+devices.<format> where <format> is txt (ASCII), tex (LaTeX), dvi (DVI)
+or ps (PostScript).
This document is included by reference into the Linux Filesystem
Standard (FSSTND). The FSSTND is available via FTP from
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@
Allocations marked (68k) apply to Linux/68k only.
+This document is in the public domain. The author requests, however,
+that semantically altered versions are not distributed without
+permission of the author, assuming the author can be contacted without
+an unreasonable effort.
+
0 Unnamed devices (NFS mounts, loopback devices)
0 = reserved as null device number
@@ -477,25 +483,33 @@
0 = /dev/cux0 Callout device corresponding to ttyX0
1 = /dev/cux1 Callout device corresponding to ttyX1
...
- block Modular RAM disk device
- 0 = /dev/ram0 First modular RAM disk
- 1 = /dev/ram1 Second modular RAM disk
- ...
- 255 = /dev/ram255 256th modular RAM disk
-
- 33 block Third IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
+ block Third IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
0 = /dev/hde Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
64 = /dev/hdf Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
- 34 block Fourth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
+ Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
+ interface (see major number 3).
+
+ 34 char Z8530 HDLC driver
+ 0 = /dev/sc1 First Z8530, first port
+ 1 = /dev/sc2 First Z8530, second port
+ 2 = /dev/sc3 Second Z8530, first port
+ 3 = /dev/sc4 Second Z8530, second port
+ ...
+ block Fourth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
0 = /dev/hdg Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
64 = /dev/hdh Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
- For both IDE interfaces: partitions are handled the
- same way as for the first interface (see major number
- 3).
+ Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
+ interface (see major number 3).
+
+ 35 block Modular RAM disk device
+ 0 = /dev/ram0 First modular RAM disk
+ 1 = /dev/ram1 Second modular RAM disk
+ ...
+ 255 = /dev/ram255 256th modular RAM disk
- 35-223 UNALLOCATED
+ 36-223 UNALLOCATED
224-254 LOCAL USE
Allocated for local/experimental use
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