Re: devices.txt inconsistency

Robert Read (rread@datarithm.net)
Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:35:20 +0000


How's this? Should char-major-15 be obsoleted, deleted or just left
in for now?

robert

--- linux/Documentation/devices.txt.bak Mon Jan 1 15:29:24 2001
+++ linux/Documentation/devices.txt Mon Jan 1 15:33:38 2001
@@ -430,14 +430,14 @@
1 = /dev/dos_cd1 Second MSCDEX CD-ROM
...

- 13 char PC speaker (OBSOLETE)
- 0 = /dev/pcmixer Emulates /dev/mixer
- 1 = /dev/pcsp Emulates /dev/dsp (8-bit)
- 4 = /dev/pcaudio Emulates /dev/audio
- 5 = /dev/pcsp16 Emulates /dev/dsp (16-bit)
+ 13 char Generic Input Driver
+ 0 = /dev/input/js0 First joystick
+ 1 = /dev/input/js1 Second joystick
+ ...

- The current PC speaker driver uses the Open Sound
- System interface, and these devices are obsolete.
+ 64 = /dev/input/event0 For testing/debugging
+ 65 = /dev/input/event1
+ ...

block 8-bit MFM/RLL/IDE controller
0 = /dev/xda First XT disk whole disk

On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 05:06:54PM -0500, Ari Pollak wrote:
> This has not been fixed for at least a year that i can remember - in
> Documentation/devices.txt, it says /dev/js* should be char-major-15*,
> but in Documentation/joystick.txt it says it should be char-major-13.
> I'm assuming joystick.txt is the correct one, and devices.txt should be
> updated to reflect this.. before 2.4.0 would be nice.
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