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Re: Making new "/dev" entries



On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 08:21:01AM -0600, Walter Williams wrote:
> Good Friday Morning
> 
> Does anyone know where I can find info on how to
> make my own "/dev" entries. I am trying to setup
> an old 386 as a 4 port print server and would like to
> create an "lp3" device file. 

If you want to roll your own device files, the file
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt (provided you've got kernel
sources installed) lists out major and minor mode numbers for pretty
much everything under the sun.

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