On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:28:08 +0500, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > AFAIK, the the major number identifies the device TYPES rather than > devices themselves and no major number could be registered by more > than one driver. My question is how does different drivers for > different devices share the same major number then? NOTE: I am not > talking of different device INSTANCES but different devices which have > different device drivers. Thanks in advance. > Hi, You cannot share the same Major number unless you are using the same driver. For eg, The all the IDE block device have the same major number. i mean you cannot have a same major number for IDE and flash disk. regards manish -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
