patch-1.3.93 linux/Documentation/devices.txt

• Lines: 112
• Date: Sun Apr 21 11:56:13 1996
• Orig file: v1.3.92/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
• Orig date: Sun Apr 21 12:38:59 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.92/linux/Documentation/devices.txt linux/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 	     Maintained by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
 
-		     Last revised: April 10, 1996
+		     Last revised: April 20, 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
 is a registry of allocated major device numbers, as well as the
 recommended /dev directory nodes for these devices.
 
-The latest version of this list is included with the Linux kernel
+The lastest version of this list is included with the Linux kernel
 sources in LaTeX and ASCII form.  In case of discrepancy, the LaTeX
 version is authoritative.
 
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 permission of the author, assuming the author can be contacted without
 an unreasonable effort.
 
+In particular, please don't sent patches for this list to Linus, at
+least not without contacting me first.
+
   0 		Unnamed devices (e.g. non-device mounts)
 		  0 = reserved as null device number
 
@@ -243,6 +246,9 @@
 		133 = /dev/exttrp	External device trap
 		134 = /dev/apm_bios	Advanced Power Management BIOS
 		135 = /dev/rtc		Real Time Clock
+		136 = /dev/qcam0	QuickCam on lp0
+		137 = /dev/qcam1	QuickCam on lp1
+		138 = /dev/qcam2	QuickCam on lp2
 
  11 char	Raw keyboard device
 		  0 = /dev/kbd		Raw keyboard device
@@ -342,12 +348,9 @@
 		  0 = /dev/sjcd		Sanyo CD-ROM
 
  19 char	Cyclades serial card
-		 0 = /dev/ttyC0		First Cyclades port
+		  0 = /dev/ttyC0	First Cyclades port
 		      ...
 		 31 = /dev/ttyC31	32nd Cyclades port
-		
-		It would make more sense for these to start at 0...
-
     block	"Double" compressed disk
 		  0 = /dev/double0	First compressed disk
 		      ...
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@
 		mirror devices.
 
  20 char	Cyclades serial card - alternate devices
-		 0 = /dev/cub0		Callout device corresponding to ttyC0
+		  0 = /dev/cub0		Callout device corresponding to ttyC0
 		      ...
 		 31 = /dev/cub31	Callout device corresponding to ttyC31
     block	Hitachi CD-ROM (under development)
@@ -658,21 +661,26 @@
  43 char	isdn4linux virtual modem
 		  0 = /dev/ttyI0	First virtual modem
 		      ...
-		 15 = /dev/ttyI15	16th virtual modem
+		 63 = /dev/ttyI63	64th virtual modem
 
  44 char	isdn4linux virtual modem - alternate devices
 		  0 = /dev/cui0		Callout device corresponding to ttyI0
 		      ...
-		 15 = /dev/cui15	Callout device corresponding to ttyI15
+		 63 = /dev/cui63	Callout device corresponding to ttyI63
 
  45 char	isdn4linux ISDN BRI driver
 		  0 = /dev/isdn0	First virtual B channel raw data
 		      ...
-		 15 = /dev/isdn15	16th virtual B channel raw data
-		 16 = /dev/isdnctrl0	First channel control/debug
+		 63 = /dev/isdn63	64th virtual B channel raw data
+		 64 = /dev/isdnctrl0	First channel control/debug
+		      ...
+		127 = /dev/isdnctrl63	64th channel control/debug
+
+		128 = /dev/ippp0	First SyncPPP device
 		      ...
-		 31 = /dev/isdnctrl15	16th channel control/debug
-		128 = /dev/isdninfo	ISDN monitor interface
+		191 = /dev/ippp63	64th SyncPPP device
+
+		255 = /dev/isdninfo	ISDN monitor interface
 
  46 char	Comtrol Rocketport serial card
 		  0 = /dev/ttyR0	First Rocketport port
@@ -684,7 +692,17 @@
 		  1 = /dev/cur1		Callout device corresponding to ttyR1
 		      ...
 
- 48-59		UNALLOCATED
+ 48 char	SDL RISCom serial card
+		  0 = /dev/ttyL0	First RISCom port
+		  1 = /dev/ttyL1	Second RISCom port
+		      ...
+
+ 49 char	SDL RISCom serial card - alternate devices
+		  0 = /dev/cul0		Callout device corresponding to ttyL0
+		  1 = /dev/cul1		Callout device corresponding to ttyL1
+		      ...
+
+ 50-59		UNALLOCATED
 
  60-63		LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
 		Allocated for local/experimental use.  For devices not