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

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

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 09:51:19AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > > 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).
> 
> Go ahead! The change is about 1 year old. Support for the old minors will
> disappear in early 2.5.x.

Ok, will do it, but err, when i was speaking about the time of the change, i
was asking about kernel versions. Debian is still supporting 2.2.x kernels.
(especially 2.2.10 on apus)

Friendly,

Sven Luther