On 17/09/05, Chintan Parekh <chintan_embedded@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > Major number tells you which driver is used to access > the hardware. Each hardware is assinged a uniuqe major > number. > > Minor number distinguishes b/w various hardware it > controls. > > For example .. for a floppy drive major number is 5. > so to access floppy drive kernel uses major number -- > 5. > > while minor nubmer tells about the type of the floppy. > > minor number 2 -- may refer to 1.44MB > minro number 3 -- may refer to 1.68MB > is there place that i can find major and minor numbers and what they are for ? > Regards > Chintan > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Ozan -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
