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Re: Creating a device file unknown to MAKEDEV



Jens Schmalzing <jens.schmalzing@physik.uni-muenchen.de> writes:

> Robert Bihlmeyer writes:
> 
> > Is this an "official" device? I can't find it in 2.4.3's devices.txt.
> 
> I just checked and no, it's not.  Officially, c 10 198 is /dev/sexec.

You won't get that into MAKEDEV, then. Moreover, you probably
shouldn't use it at all. I don't know if Debian supports "signed
executables" today, but it could anytime.

So please get upstream (or whoever provides the kernel driver) to
reserve a number for this device.

-- 
Robbe

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