From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from www.linux.org.uk (parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk [195.92.249.252]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C740482E for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:13:49 -0700 (MST) Received: from willy by www.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 3.33 #5) id 18CLge-0007Kl-00 for parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:13:44 +0000 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:13:44 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Message-ID: <20021114151344.Y30392@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [parisc-linux] [IMPORTANT] PDC & Mux console major number changed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Now that we've been assigned an official major number for Mux, and had it accepted into 2.5, I've changed 2.4.20-rc1-pa2 to use that number. So if you're using an E class, a K class or a D/R class with the funky console thing, before you upgrade from 2.4.19, you MUST rm /dev/ttyB0 and replace it with: mknod /dev/ttyB0 c 11 0 Yes, breakage like this sucks, but I'd rather do it now than later. -- Revolutions do not require corporate support.