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diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 47a154f3029..87b4c5e82d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface
11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's, reads
export the buffered printk records.
- 12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access
- the memory of the kernel that crashed.
+ 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/vmcore
1 block RAM disk
0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk
@@ -354,6 +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
@@ -410,11 +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
@@ -450,6 +453,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
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
@@ -498,12 +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
@@ -1494,10 +1494,17 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
64 = /dev/radio0 Radio device
...
127 = /dev/radio63 Radio device
+ 128 = /dev/swradio0 Software Defined Radio 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
@@ -2416,6 +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
@@ -2559,9 +2568,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
192 = /dev/usb/yurex1 First USB Yurex device
...
209 = /dev/usb/yurex16 16th USB Yurex device
- 240 = /dev/usb/dabusb0 First daubusb device
- ...
- 243 = /dev/usb/dabusb3 Fourth dabusb device
180 block USB block devices
0 = /dev/uba First USB block device