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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>1997-09-12 01:29:55 +0000
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>1997-09-12 01:29:55 +0000
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Merge with Linux 2.1.55. More bugfixes and goodies from my private
CVS archive.
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LINUX ALLOCATED DEVICES
Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
- Last revised: May 20, 1997
+ Last revised: September 5, 1997
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
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ reply.
appropriate to their respective architectures.
4 char TTY devices
- 0 = /dev/console Console device
+ 0 = /dev/tty0 Current virtual console
1 = /dev/tty1 First virtual console
...
@@ -178,10 +178,14 @@ reply.
5 char Alternate TTY devices
0 = /dev/tty Current TTY device
+ 1 Reserved for console device
64 = /dev/cua0 Callout device corresponding to ttyS0
...
127 = /dev/cua63 Callout device corresponding to ttyS63
+ Minor number 1 is reserved for a kernel-managed
+ /dev/console in a future version of Linux.
+
6 char Parallel printer devices
0 = /dev/lp0 First parallel printer (0x3bc)
1 = /dev/lp1 Second parallel printer (0x378)
@@ -291,6 +295,13 @@ reply.
142 = /dev/msr x86 model-specific registers
143 = /dev/pciconf PCI configuration space
144 = /dev/nvram Non-volatile configuration RAM
+ 145 = /dev/hfmodem Soundcard shortwave modem control
+ 146 = /dev/graphics Linux/SGI graphics device
+ 147 = /dev/opengl Linux/SGI OpenGL pipe
+ 148 = /dev/gfx Linux/SGI graphics effects device
+ 149 = /dev/input/mouse Linux/SGI Irix emulation mouse
+ 150 = /dev/input/keyboard Linux/SGI Irix emulation keyboard
+ 151 = /dev/led Front panel LEDs
11 char Raw keyboard device
0 = /dev/kbd Raw keyboard device
@@ -714,6 +725,9 @@ reply.
removal of a driver with this number should not cause
ill effects to the system (bugs excepted.)
+ IN PARTICULAR, ANY DISTRIBUTION WHICH CONTAINS A
+ DEVICE DRIVER USING MAJOR NUMBER 42 IS NONCOMPLIANT.
+
43 char isdn4linux virtual modem
0 = /dev/ttyI0 First virtual modem
...
@@ -1002,7 +1016,33 @@ reply.
0 = /dev/ihcp0 First Greensheet port
1 = /dev/ihcp1 Second Greensheet port
- 85-119 UNALLOCATED
+ 85 char Linux/SGI shared memory input queue
+ 0 = /dev/shmiq Master shared input queue
+ 1 = /dev/qcntl0 First device pushed
+ 2 = /dev/qcntl1 Second device pushed
+ ...
+
+ 86 char SCSI media changer
+ 0 = /dev/sch0 First SCSI media changer
+ 1 = /dev/sch1 Second SCSI media changer
+ ...
+
+ 87 char Sony Control-A1 stereo control bus
+ 0 = /dev/controla0 First device on chain
+ 1 = /dev/controla1 Second device on chain
+ ...
+
+ 88 char COMX synchronous serial card
+ 0 = /dev/comx0 COMX channel 0
+ 1 = /dev/comx1 COMX channel 1
+ ...
+
+ 89 char I2C bus interface
+ 0 = /dev/i2c0 First I2C adapter
+ 1 = /dev/i2c1 Second I2C adapter
+ ...
+
+ 90-119 UNALLOCATED
120-127 LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE