hi One possible instance where two drivers for differenent devices share the same major number is : one device is a char device while the other is a block device. This is because block major numbers are entirely different from char major numbers. Regards Sanjay > -----Original Message----- > From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Zeeshan Ali > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:58 PM > To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Sharing of major number > > > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------- > "All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda > system, there is a constant pressure to make people feel that they are > helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and > to consume." -- Noam Chomsky > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
