Subject: Re: major number for /dev/zero
To: Theo Deraadt <deraadt@fsa.ca>
From: None <mw@eunet.ch>
List: port-sun3
Date: 03/19/1994 11:14:10
>
> > > #define DEVZERO makedev(2, 12) /* major,minor of /dev/zero */
>
> The major# of 2 is what Markus told me to use for m68k machines.
> Perhaps this is only valid for 4.0.3 machines. Can someone with a
> 4.0.3 machine tell me if that is what it is from, or perhaps Markus
> can clarify?
Hm, confusion alert.. 2,12 is what the hp300 version used, and was thus
what I used in the amiga port, too. It was not based on sun3 numbering.
If changing to 3, *please* don't shift everything else around, I can
perfectly live without wrong device node nightmares...
-Markus
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