Re: Unknown error

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
12 Aug 2001 12:40:21 -0700


Followup to: <E15Vti5-0005ao-00@the-village.bc.nu>
By author: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 1:40:01 -0400,
> > <louisg00@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > >I'm running kernel-2.4.8-ac1 on RH beta and I'm this:
> > >
> > >modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-226
> > >Did I forget a to compile a module?
> >
> > 2.4.8 says that device 228 is unassigned, but ...
> >
> > drivers/char/drm/drm.h:#define DRM_MAJOR 226
> > drivers/net/wan/sdla_chdlc.c:#define WAN_TTY_MAJOR 226
> >
> > Somebody has been naughty and used a code not assigned to them.
>
> The 2.4.8 tables are _completely_ out of date.
>
> The up to date tables say:
>
> 226 char Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
> 0 = /dev/dri/card0 First graphics card
> 1 = /dev/dri/card1 Second graphics card
>
>
> Peter - was this dual issued, or do Sangoma need to be spanked. The obvious
> place to put the sdla tty would I think be 229, since its not physically
> possible to put one in an iSeries machine.
>

226 is assigned to DRI. I don't know anything about an "sdla tty"
unless it is in my post-Linus-prononucement queue, which I have yet to
deal with.

The current list is dated 3 June 2001 (I just noticed it wasn't up on
www.lanana.org; I just fixed that.) It includes all registrations I
had received up to Linus' "no new majors" pronouncement -- it should
be included in both Linus' and your trees.

http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices.txt

-hpa

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