patch-1.3.70 linux/Documentation/devices.txt

• Lines: 52
• Date: Wed Feb 28 08:44:10 1996
• Orig file: v1.3.69/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
• Orig date: Tue Feb 20 14:37:22 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.69/linux/Documentation/devices.txt linux/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 	     Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@storm.net>
 
-		   Last revised: February 17, 1996
+		   Last revised: February 24, 1996
 
 This list is the successor to Rick Miller's Linux Device List, which
 he stopped maintaining when he got busy with other things in 1993.  It
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@
 	
 		NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.
 
+    block	Loopback devices
+		  0 = /dev/loop0	First loopback device
+		  1 = /dev/loop1	Second loopback device
+		      ...
+
+		The loopback devices are used to mount filesystems not
+		associated with block devices.  The binding to the
+		loopback devices is usually handled by mount(1).
+
   8 block	SCSI disk devices
     		  0 = /dev/sda		First SCSI disk whole disk
 		 16 = /dev/sdb		Second SCSI disk whole disk
@@ -589,7 +598,25 @@
 		and "user level packet I/O."  This board is also
 		accessible as a standard networking "eth" device.
 
- 39-40		UNALLOCATED
+ 39 char	ML-16P experimental I/O board
+		  0 = /dev/ml16pa-a0	First card, first analog channel
+		  1 = /dev/ml16pa-a1	First card, second analog channel
+		      ...
+		 15 = /dev/ml16pa-a15	First card, 16th analog channel
+		 16 = /dev/ml16pa-d	First card, digital lines
+		 17 = /dev/ml16pa-c0	First card, first counter/timer
+		 18 = /dev/ml16pa-c1	First card, second counter/timer
+		 19 = /dev/ml16pa-c2	First card, third counter/timer
+		 32 = /dev/ml16pb-a0	Second card, first analog channel
+		 33 = /dev/ml16pb-a1	Second card, second analog channel
+		      ...
+		 47 = /dev/ml16pb-a15	Second card, 16th analog channel
+		 48 = /dev/ml16pb-d	Second card, digital lines
+		 49 = /dev/ml16pb-c0	Second card, first counter/timer
+		 50 = /dev/ml16pb-c1	Second card, second counter/timer
+		 51 = /dev/ml16pb-c2	Second card, third counter/timer
+
+ 40		UNALLOCATED
 
  41		Yet Another Micro Monitor
 		  0 = /dev/yamm		Yet Another Micro Monitor