psomu@pilot.njin.net (Prabhakar Somu) (02/18/91)
Hi, In Irix 3.3.1 (on 4D70GT) the file "/usr/include/sys/major.h" says that the Major device ID numbers 60 to 79 are reserved for customer use. We have a driver which uses a Major device ID of 99 (this was written earlier). I noticed that major.h did not exist on 3.2 . Are the restrictions on Major Device ID's new to 3.3.1 and, is there a problem with using a non reserved major ID ? Thanks, /somu somu@mirage.umdnj.edu or psomu@pilot.njin.net -- () __ _ _ _ _ __ /\ / ') ' ) ) ) ' ) / / ) / / / / / / / /__/_ (__/ / ' (_ (__/
olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) (02/19/91)
In <Feb.17.20.05.45.1991.19282@pilot.njin.net> psomu@pilot.njin.net (Prabhakar Somu) writes: | Hi, | In Irix 3.3.1 (on 4D70GT) the file "/usr/include/sys/major.h" | says that the Major device ID numbers 60 to 79 are reserved for customer | use. We have a driver which uses a Major device ID of 99 (this was | written earlier). I noticed that major.h did not exist on 3.2 . Are the | restrictions on Major Device ID's new to 3.3.1 and, is there a problem with | using a non reserved major ID ? The equivalent comment used to be directly in /usr/sysgen/system. I would strongly suggest you change your major #, as 99 is used (for an optional board) in the next release. -- Dave Olson Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.