Subject: Re: Question about SPLs
To: Niklas Hallqvist <niklas@appli.se>
From: None <rhealey@aggregate.com>
List: amiga-dev
Date: 03/17/1994 09:52:16
> >>>>> "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.
>
Uh oh... I see some problems in the future here.
The 2232 driver, which can't be publically released because it
still uses the 6502 board code from AmigaUNIX, uses character
device 17.
I think we need to set up some sort of registery for
Amiga devices even if they can't be included in the main tree
for whatever reason.
> 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 :-)
>
There are only 5 LKM slots for character devices. If EVERYBODY
starts using LKM's we could start running out of slots. Also, at
this point in the game it's a HELL of alot easier to do a compiled
in device driver than an LKM.
Also, has anybody actually been able to get an LKM driver to WORK
on the Amiga kernel?
-Rob
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