Re: [linux-fbdev] fbdev minor and major numbers, which file to believe, and other stuff

[Sven L. <lu...@dp...>]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:17:03PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > linux/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt says :
> > 
> > By convention, the following device nodes are used (numbers indicate the
> > device minor numbers):
> > 
> >       0 = /dev/fb0      First frame buffer
> >       1 = /dev/fb1      Second frame buffer
> >       ...
> >      31 = /dev/fb31     32nd frame buffer
> > 
> > but linux/Documentation/devices.txt says :
> > 
> >  29 char        Universal frame buffer
> >                   0 = /dev/fb0          First frame buffer
> >                  32 = /dev/fb1          Second frame buffer
> >                 ...
> >                 224 = /dev/fb7          Eighth frame buffer
> > 
> >                 All additional minor numbers are reserved.  
> > 
> > Which one should i believe ? Notice, that on my debian system, MAKEDEV is
> 
> linux/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt.
> 
> Or linux/Documentation/devices.txt in 2.4.2-ac13. Linux just throws away all
> patches to change this I sent so far :-(

:(((

> > building fb# conforming to the devices.txt stuff, (makedev version
> > 2.3.1-50.1). this is from unstable (but a few weeks old already).
> 
> Ugh...
> 
> If you use the old minors, you'll see a warning printed on the console.

That's how i noticed this, will be filling a bug against the dbeian makedev
package, unless you want to do it. When was this change done (so i can give
more advanced info about this).

Friendly,

Sven Luther