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From: psomu@pilot.njin.net (Prabhakar Somu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: question about major device ID
Keywords: major,device,ID,reserved
Message-ID: <Feb.17.20.05.45.1991.19282@pilot.njin.net>
Date: 18 Feb 91 01:05:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Hi,
	In Irix 3.3.1 (on 4D70GT) the file "/usr/include/sys/major.h"
says that the Major device ID numbers 60 to 79 are reserved for customer
use. We have a driver which uses a Major device ID of 99 (this was 
written earlier). I noticed that major.h did not exist on 3.2 . Are the
restrictions on Major Device ID's new to 3.3.1 and, is there a problem with
using a non reserved major ID ? 

Thanks,
/somu	somu@mirage.umdnj.edu
		or
	psomu@pilot.njin.net
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