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 > Can someone tell where do you "officially" can request a major number
 > these days? (if it's possible)..

See Documentation/devices.txt in the kernel project.
Major number from 232 to 239 seem to be unassigned yet. You can maybe 
pick one of them and send a patch to Linux to update the document.

Have a good day,
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Jean-Christian de Rivaz
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