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diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index 53d64d38234..87b4c5e82d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 8 = /dev/random Nondeterministic random number gen. 9 = /dev/urandom Faster, less secure random number gen. 10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface - 11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's - 12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access - the memory of the kernel that crashed. + 11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's, reads + export the buffered printk records. + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/vmcore 1 block RAM disk 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk @@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 0 = /dev/tty Current TTY device 1 = /dev/console System console 2 = /dev/ptmx PTY master multiplex + 3 = /dev/ttyprintk User messages via printk TTY device 64 = /dev/cua0 Callout device for ttyS0 ... 255 = /dev/cua191 Callout device for ttyS191 @@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 133 = /dev/exttrp External device trap 134 = /dev/apm_bios Advanced Power Management BIOS 135 = /dev/rtc Real Time Clock + 137 = /dev/vhci Bluetooth virtual HCI driver 139 = /dev/openprom SPARC OpenBoot PROM 140 = /dev/relay8 Berkshire Products Octal relay card 141 = /dev/relay16 Berkshire Products ISO-16 relay card @@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 162 = /dev/smbus System Management Bus 163 = /dev/lik Logitech Internet Keyboard 164 = /dev/ipmo Intel Intelligent Platform Management - 165 = /dev/vmmon VMWare virtual machine monitor + 165 = /dev/vmmon VMware virtual machine monitor 166 = /dev/i2o/ctl I2O configuration manager 167 = /dev/specialix_sxctl Specialix serial control 168 = /dev/tcldrv Technology Concepts serial control @@ -408,11 +410,14 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 193 = /dev/d7s SPARC 7-segment display 194 = /dev/zkshim Zero-Knowledge network shim control 195 = /dev/elographics/e2201 Elographics touchscreen E271-2201 + 196 = /dev/vfio/vfio VFIO userspace driver interface + 197 = /dev/pxa3xx-gcu PXA3xx graphics controller unit driver 198 = /dev/sexec Signed executable interface 199 = /dev/scanners/cuecat :CueCat barcode scanner 200 = /dev/net/tun TAP/TUN network device 201 = /dev/button/gulpb Transmeta GULP-B buttons 202 = /dev/emd/ctl Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) control + 203 = /dev/cuse Cuse (character device in user-space) 204 = /dev/video/em8300 EM8300 DVD decoder control 205 = /dev/video/em8300_mv EM8300 DVD decoder video 206 = /dev/video/em8300_ma EM8300 DVD decoder audio @@ -443,6 +448,13 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 231 = /dev/snapshot System memory snapshot device 232 = /dev/kvm Kernel-based virtual machine (hardware virtualization extensions) 233 = /dev/kmview View-OS A process with a view + 234 = /dev/btrfs-control Btrfs control device + 235 = /dev/autofs Autofs control device + 236 = /dev/mapper/control Device-Mapper control device + 237 = /dev/loop-control Loopback control device + 238 = /dev/vhost-net Host kernel accelerator for virtio net + 239 = /dev/uhid User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem + 240-254 Reserved for local use 255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR @@ -490,12 +502,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. Each device type has 5 bits (32 minors). - 13 block 8-bit MFM/RLL/IDE controller - 0 = /dev/xda First XT disk whole disk - 64 = /dev/xdb Second XT disk whole disk - - Partitions are handled in the same way as IDE disks - (see major number 3). + 13 block Previously used for the XT disk (/dev/xdN) + Deleted in kernel v3.9. 14 char Open Sound System (OSS) 0 = /dev/mixer Mixer control @@ -839,13 +847,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. ... 31 = /dev/tap15 16th Ethertap device - 36 block MCA ESDI hard disk - 0 = /dev/eda First ESDI disk whole disk - 64 = /dev/edb Second ESDI disk whole disk - ... - - Partitions are handled in the same way as IDE disks - (see major number 3). + 36 block OBSOLETE (was MCA ESDI hard disk) 37 char IDE tape 0 = /dev/ht0 First IDE tape @@ -1492,13 +1494,17 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 64 = /dev/radio0 Radio device ... 127 = /dev/radio63 Radio device - 192 = /dev/vtx0 Teletext device + 128 = /dev/swradio0 Software Defined Radio device ... - 223 = /dev/vtx31 Teletext device + 191 = /dev/swradio63 Software Defined Radio device 224 = /dev/vbi0 Vertical blank interrupt ... 255 = /dev/vbi31 Vertical blank interrupt + Minor numbers are allocated dynamically unless + CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES (default n) + configuration option is set. + 81 block I2O hard disk 0 = /dev/i2o/hdq 17th I2O hard disk, whole disk 16 = /dev/i2o/hdr 18th I2O hard disk, whole disk @@ -1515,7 +1521,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. ... The driver and documentation may be obtained from - http://www.proximity.com.au/~brian/winradio/ + http://www.winradio.com/ 82 block I2O hard disk 0 = /dev/i2o/hdag 33rd I2O hard disk, whole disk @@ -1721,7 +1727,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 1 = /dev/comedi1 Second comedi device ... - See http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi or http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/. + See http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi. 98 block User-mode virtual block device 0 = /dev/ubda First user-mode block device @@ -1982,7 +1988,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 256 NetWare volumes can be supported in a single machine. - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jmerkey/nwfs + http://cgfa.telepac.pt/ftp2/kernel.org/linux/kernel/people/jmerkey/nwfs/ 0 = /dev/nwfs/v0 First NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume 1 = /dev/nwfs/v1 Second NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume @@ -2417,6 +2423,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 1 = /dev/raw/raw1 First raw I/O device 2 = /dev/raw/raw2 Second raw I/O device ... + max minor number of raw device is set by kernel config + MAX_RAW_DEVS or raw module parameter 'max_raw_devs' 163 char @@ -2516,6 +2524,12 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 8 = /dev/mmcblk1 Second SD/MMC card ... + The start of next SD/MMC card can be configured with + CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_MINORS, or overridden at boot/modprobe + time using the mmcblk.perdev_minors option. That would + bump the offset between each card to be the configured + value instead of the default 8. + 179 char CCube DVXChip-based PCI products 0 = /dev/dvxirq0 First DVX device 1 = /dev/dvxirq1 Second DVX device @@ -2550,10 +2564,10 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 175 = /dev/usb/legousbtower15 16th USB Legotower device 176 = /dev/usb/usbtmc1 First USB TMC device ... - 192 = /dev/usb/usbtmc16 16th USB TMC device - 240 = /dev/usb/dabusb0 First daubusb device - ... - 243 = /dev/usb/dabusb3 Fourth dabusb device + 191 = /dev/usb/usbtmc16 16th USB TMC device + 192 = /dev/usb/yurex1 First USB Yurex device + ... + 209 = /dev/usb/yurex16 16th USB Yurex device 180 block USB block devices 0 = /dev/uba First USB block device @@ -2589,7 +2603,8 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 1 = /dev/intermezzo1 Second cache manager ... - See http://www.inter-mezzo.org/ for more information. + See http://web.archive.org/web/20080115195241/ + http://inter-mezzo.org/index.html 186 char Object-based storage control device 0 = /dev/obd0 First obd control device |