Re: USB device allocation
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 05 Oct 1999 13:19:55 -0700
Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Steffen Grunewald wrote:
> > That's 32 entries for 16 devices...
> > > 64 = /dev/usbscanner0 USB HP scanner
> > > ...
> > > 95 = /dev/usbscanner15
> > Same here...
> > > 128 = /dev/ttyACM0 USB modem
> > > ...
> > > 255 = /dev/ttyACM127
> > What about some spare entries for USB monitors, speakers, CDrecorders ?
>
> The desperate need for devfs becomes all more clear.
>
Actually, the need is for a decent-sized dev_t.
-hpa
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