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 15:40:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:40:18 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:40967 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:40:10 -0500 Message-ID: <3A523578.EC8E9D72@transmeta.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 12:09:28 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Reply-To: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Transmeta Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0-test12 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, sv, no, da, es, fr, ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hubert Mantel CC: Geert Uytterhoeven , Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development , A2232@gmx.net, Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: [PATCH] devices.txt bugs In-Reply-To: <20010102181614.G27745@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hubert Mantel wrote: > > 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. > The idea is that you're supposed to change your /dev nodes; the old /dev nodes are supported for a bit. The device list has been updated. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - 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/