From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 12:46:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 12:46:48 -0500 Received: from Cantor.suse.de ([194.112.123.193]:32772 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 12:46:42 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 18:16:14 +0100 From: Hubert Mantel To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Linus Torvalds , "H. Peter Anvin" , Alan Cox , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development , A2232@gmx.net, Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: [PATCH] devices.txt bugs Message-ID: <20010102181614.G27745@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Hubert Mantel , Geert Uytterhoeven , Linus Torvalds , "H. Peter Anvin" , Alan Cox , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development , A2232@gmx.net, Linux Kernel Development In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from geert@linux-m68k.org on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 11:27:33AM +0100 Organization: SuSE Labs, Nuernberg, Germany X-Operating-System: SuSE Linux - Kernel 2.2.16 X-PGP-Key: 1024D/B0DFF780, 1024R/CB848DFD Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tue, Jan 02, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > This patch fixes two things: > > - Correct the minor numbers for the frame buffer devices. We have room for > 32 frame buffers since about one year, with more room for future expansion > to 256. (promised to go in by HPA on Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:47:05 -0800). > > - Fix a typo in the minors for the A2232 serial card > > --- linux-2.4.0-current/Documentation/devices.txt.orig Mon Jan 1 23:30:06 2001 > +++ linux-2.4.0-current/Documentation/devices.txt Tue Jan 2 11:16:42 2001 > @@ -660,6 +660,12 @@ > > 29 char Universal frame buffer > 0 = /dev/fb0 First frame buffer > + 1 = /dev/fb1 Second frame buffer > + ... > + 31 = /dev/fb31 32nd frame buffer > + > + Backward compatibility aliases {2.6} > + > 32 = /dev/fb1 Second frame buffer How is this supposed to work? /dev/fb1 can either be 29,1 or 29,32. But not both at the same time. [...] > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/