Re: HOWTO use udev to manage /dev

Greg KH
2004-02-19T19:47:40Z

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 07:36:07PM +0000, James Simmons wrote:
>
> Here is a question for you. Presently both the serial ttys and VT ttys
> share the same major number. Minor number 1 to 63 is allocated to the VTs
> and 64 and above to serial ttys. One of the great limitations for my home
> system is that I can have only 63 VTs. Can udev work around this
> limitation?

udev can create different /dev nodes for these devices. But as udev
does not modify the kernel code at all, it can not "solve" the
duplication of numbers in the kernel at all. Nor is it meant to.

Hope this helps,

greg k-h