--- Michael Schwendt <ms-nospam-0306@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:45:04 -0700 (PDT), Globe Trotter wrote:
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> > I am very confused with all this: both the home machine which I installed
> RH9
> > 2.4.20-8 on, and the work one, which comes with it pre-installed, have the
> > following output for
> >
> > $ cat /proc/devices | grep 14
> >
> > 14 sound
> > 140 pts
> > 141 pts
> > 142 pts
> > 143 pts
> > 14 unnamed
> >
> > The home machine is a Dell Latitude C840 laptop and the work machine is a
> > gigantic Dell Dimension 650.
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea as to what all this is? How come only I get this
> > output?? I have looked at the devices.txt and was unable to come up with
> > anything....
>
> The assumption that only you get this output is wrong, see:
>
> $ cat /proc/devices | grep 14
> 14 sound
> 140 pts
> 141 pts
> 142 pts
> 143 pts
> 14 unnamed
>
> And when I grep /dev for a block device with major 14, I don't get
> any results. That's why I wrote:
>
> : I think unnamed devices are not available through /dev and only
> : used internally by the kernel.
>
> Character devices with major 14 are all related to sound, mixers,
> sequencers and so on.
>
> In kernel documentation, for major 14 I see
>
> block BIOS harddrive callback support {2.6}
>
> but since this is a 2.4.20-19.9 kernel, I don't know whether it is
> normal or due to something backported by Red Hat. And I haven't
> started any investigation due to other things on the TODO list.
>
thanks! I will update my kernel and see how it goes..
Best wishes!
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