>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Kritsch <gkritsch@sail.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
Gregory> First, major device numbers.  Is there any proper protocol I
Gregory> should go through to allocate one?  For now, I've taken
Gregory> device 17.

The correct thing to do, is to make this a LKM, loadable kernel module.
Check /usr/share/lkm on how to do it.  I doubt this card of yours will
never be a candidate for a serial console, so a LKM would be perfect.
Let's see who gets there first, my LKM ADOSFS or your Supra LKM device :-)

Niklas

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