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2		    LINUX ALLOCATED DEVICES (2.6+ version)
3
4	     Maintained by Alan Cox <device@lanana.org>
5
6		      Last revised: 6th April 2009
7
8This list is the Linux Device List, the official registry of allocated
9device numbers and /dev directory nodes for the Linux operating
10system.
11
12The latest version of this list is available from
13http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/ or
14ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/device-list/.  This version may be
15newer than the one distributed with the Linux kernel.
16
17The LaTeX version of this document is no longer maintained.
18
19This document is included by reference into the Filesystem Hierarchy
20Standard (FHS).	 The FHS is available from http://www.pathname.com/fhs/.
21
22Allocations marked (68k/Amiga) apply to Linux/68k on the Amiga
23platform only.	Allocations marked (68k/Atari) apply to Linux/68k on
24the Atari platform only.
25
26The symbol {2.6} means the allocation is obsolete and scheduled for
27removal once kernel version 2.6 (or equivalent) is released. Some of these
28allocations have already been removed.
29
30This document is in the public domain.	The author requests, however,
31that semantically altered versions are not distributed without
32permission of the author, assuming the author can be contacted without
33an unreasonable effort.
34
35In particular, please don't sent patches for this list to Linus, at
36least not without contacting me first.
37
38I do not have any information about these devices beyond what appears
39on this list.  Any such information requests will be deleted without
40reply.
41
42
43	  **** DEVICE DRIVERS AUTHORS PLEASE READ THIS ****
44
45To have a major number allocated, or a minor number in situations
46where that applies (e.g. busmice), please contact me with the
47appropriate device information.	 Also, if you have additional
48information regarding any of the devices listed below, or if I have
49made a mistake, I would greatly appreciate a note.
50
51I do, however, make a few requests about the nature of your report.
52This is necessary for me to be able to keep this list up to date and
53correct in a timely manner.  First of all, *please* send it to the
54correct address... <device@lanana.org>.  I receive hundreds of email
55messages a day, so mail sent to other addresses may very well get lost
56in the avalanche.  Please put in a descriptive subject, so I can find
57your mail again should I need to.  Too many people send me email
58saying just "device number request" in the subject.
59
60Second, please include a description of the device *in the same format
61as this list*.	The reason for this is that it is the only way I have
62found to ensure I have all the requisite information to publish your
63device and avoid conflicts.
64
65Third, please don't assume that the distributed version of the list is
66up to date.  Due to the number of registrations I have to maintain it
67in "batch mode", so there is likely additional registrations that
68haven't been listed yet.
69
70Fourth, remember that Linux now has extensive support for dynamic allocation
71of device numbering and can use sysfs and udev to handle the naming needs.
72There are still some exceptions in the serial and boot device area. Before
73asking for a device number make sure you actually need one.
74
75Finally, sometimes I have to play "namespace police."  Please don't be
76offended.  I often get submissions for /dev names that would be bound
77to cause conflicts down the road.  I am trying to avoid getting in a
78situation where we would have to suffer an incompatible forward
79change.  Therefore, please consult with me *before* you make your
80device names and numbers in any way public, at least to the point
81where it would be at all difficult to get them changed.
82
83Your cooperation is appreciated.
84
85
86  0		Unnamed devices (e.g. non-device mounts)
87		  0 = reserved as null device number
88		See block major 144, 145, 146 for expansion areas.
89
90  1 char	Memory devices
91		  1 = /dev/mem		Physical memory access
92		  2 = /dev/kmem		Kernel virtual memory access
93		  3 = /dev/null		Null device
94		  4 = /dev/port		I/O port access
95		  5 = /dev/zero		Null byte source
96		  6 = /dev/core		OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/kcore
97		  7 = /dev/full		Returns ENOSPC on write
98		  8 = /dev/random	Nondeterministic random number gen.
99		  9 = /dev/urandom	Faster, less secure random number gen.
100		 10 = /dev/aio		Asynchronous I/O notification interface
101		 11 = /dev/kmsg		Writes to this come out as printk's, reads
102					export the buffered printk records.
103		 12 = /dev/oldmem	OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/vmcore
104
105  1 block	RAM disk
106		  0 = /dev/ram0		First RAM disk
107		  1 = /dev/ram1		Second RAM disk
108		    ...
109		250 = /dev/initrd	Initial RAM disk
110
111		Older kernels had /dev/ramdisk (1, 1) here.
112		/dev/initrd refers to a RAM disk which was preloaded
113		by the boot loader; newer kernels use /dev/ram0 for
114		the initrd.
115
116  2 char	Pseudo-TTY masters
117		  0 = /dev/ptyp0	First PTY master
118		  1 = /dev/ptyp1	Second PTY master
119		    ...
120		255 = /dev/ptyef	256th PTY master
121
122		Pseudo-tty's are named as follows:
123		* Masters are "pty", slaves are "tty";
124		* the fourth letter is one of pqrstuvwxyzabcde indicating
125		  the 1st through 16th series of 16 pseudo-ttys each, and
126		* the fifth letter is one of 0123456789abcdef indicating
127		  the position within the series.
128
129		These are the old-style (BSD) PTY devices; Unix98
130		devices are on major 128 and above and use the PTY
131		master multiplex (/dev/ptmx) to acquire a PTY on
132		demand.
133
134  2 block	Floppy disks
135		  0 = /dev/fd0		Controller 0, drive 0, autodetect
136		  1 = /dev/fd1		Controller 0, drive 1, autodetect
137		  2 = /dev/fd2		Controller 0, drive 2, autodetect
138		  3 = /dev/fd3		Controller 0, drive 3, autodetect
139		128 = /dev/fd4		Controller 1, drive 0, autodetect
140		129 = /dev/fd5		Controller 1, drive 1, autodetect
141		130 = /dev/fd6		Controller 1, drive 2, autodetect
142		131 = /dev/fd7		Controller 1, drive 3, autodetect
143
144		To specify format, add to the autodetect device number:
145		  0 = /dev/fd?		Autodetect format
146		  4 = /dev/fd?d360	5.25"  360K in a 360K  drive(1)
147		 20 = /dev/fd?h360	5.25"  360K in a 1200K drive(1)
148		 48 = /dev/fd?h410	5.25"  410K in a 1200K drive
149		 64 = /dev/fd?h420	5.25"  420K in a 1200K drive
150		 24 = /dev/fd?h720	5.25"  720K in a 1200K drive
151		 80 = /dev/fd?h880	5.25"  880K in a 1200K drive(1)
152		  8 = /dev/fd?h1200	5.25" 1200K in a 1200K drive(1)
153		 40 = /dev/fd?h1440	5.25" 1440K in a 1200K drive(1)
154		 56 = /dev/fd?h1476	5.25" 1476K in a 1200K drive
155		 72 = /dev/fd?h1494	5.25" 1494K in a 1200K drive
156		 92 = /dev/fd?h1600	5.25" 1600K in a 1200K drive(1)
157
158		 12 = /dev/fd?u360	3.5"   360K Double Density(2)
159		 16 = /dev/fd?u720	3.5"   720K Double Density(1)
160		120 = /dev/fd?u800	3.5"   800K Double Density(2)
161		 52 = /dev/fd?u820	3.5"   820K Double Density
162		 68 = /dev/fd?u830	3.5"   830K Double Density
163		 84 = /dev/fd?u1040	3.5"  1040K Double Density(1)
164		 88 = /dev/fd?u1120	3.5"  1120K Double Density(1)
165		 28 = /dev/fd?u1440	3.5"  1440K High Density(1)
166		124 = /dev/fd?u1600	3.5"  1600K High Density(1)
167		 44 = /dev/fd?u1680	3.5"  1680K High Density(3)
168		 60 = /dev/fd?u1722	3.5"  1722K High Density
169		 76 = /dev/fd?u1743	3.5"  1743K High Density
170		 96 = /dev/fd?u1760	3.5"  1760K High Density
171		116 = /dev/fd?u1840	3.5"  1840K High Density(3)
172		100 = /dev/fd?u1920	3.5"  1920K High Density(1)
173		 32 = /dev/fd?u2880	3.5"  2880K Extra Density(1)
174		104 = /dev/fd?u3200	3.5"  3200K Extra Density
175		108 = /dev/fd?u3520	3.5"  3520K Extra Density
176		112 = /dev/fd?u3840	3.5"  3840K Extra Density(1)
177
178		 36 = /dev/fd?CompaQ	Compaq 2880K drive; obsolete?
179
180		(1) Autodetectable format
181		(2) Autodetectable format in a Double Density (720K) drive only
182		(3) Autodetectable format in a High Density (1440K) drive only
183
184		NOTE: The letter in the device name (d, q, h or u)
185		signifies the type of drive: 5.25" Double Density (d),
186		5.25" Quad Density (q), 5.25" High Density (h) or 3.5"
187		(any model, u).	 The use of the capital letters D, H
188		and E for the 3.5" models have been deprecated, since
189		the drive type is insignificant for these devices.
190
191  3 char	Pseudo-TTY slaves
192		  0 = /dev/ttyp0	First PTY slave
193		  1 = /dev/ttyp1	Second PTY slave
194		    ...
195		255 = /dev/ttyef	256th PTY slave
196
197		These are the old-style (BSD) PTY devices; Unix98
198		devices are on major 136 and above.
199
200  3 block	First MFM, RLL and IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
201		  0 = /dev/hda		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
202		 64 = /dev/hdb		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
203
204		For partitions, add to the whole disk device number:
205		  0 = /dev/hd?		Whole disk
206		  1 = /dev/hd?1		First partition
207		  2 = /dev/hd?2		Second partition
208		    ...
209		 63 = /dev/hd?63	63rd partition
210
211		For Linux/i386, partitions 1-4 are the primary
212		partitions, and 5 and above are logical partitions.
213		Other versions of Linux use partitioning schemes
214		appropriate to their respective architectures.
215
216  4 char	TTY devices
217		  0 = /dev/tty0		Current virtual console
218
219		  1 = /dev/tty1		First virtual console
220		    ...
221		 63 = /dev/tty63	63rd virtual console
222		 64 = /dev/ttyS0	First UART serial port
223		    ...
224		255 = /dev/ttyS191	192nd UART serial port
225
226		UART serial ports refer to 8250/16450/16550 series devices.
227
228		Older versions of the Linux kernel used this major
229		number for BSD PTY devices.  As of Linux 2.1.115, this
230		is no longer supported.	 Use major numbers 2 and 3.
231
232  4 block	Aliases for dynamically allocated major devices to be used
233		when its not possible to create the real device nodes
234		because the root filesystem is mounted read-only.
235
236                  0 = /dev/root
237
238  5 char	Alternate TTY devices
239		  0 = /dev/tty		Current TTY device
240		  1 = /dev/console	System console
241		  2 = /dev/ptmx		PTY master multiplex
242		  3 = /dev/ttyprintk	User messages via printk TTY device
243		 64 = /dev/cua0		Callout device for ttyS0
244		    ...
245		255 = /dev/cua191	Callout device for ttyS191
246
247		(5,1) is /dev/console starting with Linux 2.1.71.  See
248		the section on terminal devices for more information
249		on /dev/console.
250
251  6 char	Parallel printer devices
252		  0 = /dev/lp0		Parallel printer on parport0
253		  1 = /dev/lp1		Parallel printer on parport1
254		    ...
255
256		Current Linux kernels no longer have a fixed mapping
257		between parallel ports and I/O addresses.  Instead,
258		they are redirected through the parport multiplex layer.
259
260  7 char	Virtual console capture devices
261		  0 = /dev/vcs		Current vc text contents
262		  1 = /dev/vcs1		tty1 text contents
263		    ...
264		 63 = /dev/vcs63	tty63 text contents
265		128 = /dev/vcsa		Current vc text/attribute contents
266		129 = /dev/vcsa1	tty1 text/attribute contents
267		    ...
268		191 = /dev/vcsa63	tty63 text/attribute contents
269
270		NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.
271
272  7 block	Loopback devices
273		  0 = /dev/loop0	First loop device
274		  1 = /dev/loop1	Second loop device
275		    ...
276
277		The loop devices are used to mount filesystems not
278		associated with block devices.	The binding to the
279		loop devices is handled by mount(8) or losetup(8).
280
281  8 block	SCSI disk devices (0-15)
282		  0 = /dev/sda		First SCSI disk whole disk
283		 16 = /dev/sdb		Second SCSI disk whole disk
284		 32 = /dev/sdc		Third SCSI disk whole disk
285		    ...
286		240 = /dev/sdp		Sixteenth SCSI disk whole disk
287
288		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
289		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
290		partitions is 15.
291
292  9 char	SCSI tape devices
293		  0 = /dev/st0		First SCSI tape, mode 0
294		  1 = /dev/st1		Second SCSI tape, mode 0
295		    ...
296		 32 = /dev/st0l		First SCSI tape, mode 1
297		 33 = /dev/st1l		Second SCSI tape, mode 1
298		    ...
299		 64 = /dev/st0m		First SCSI tape, mode 2
300		 65 = /dev/st1m		Second SCSI tape, mode 2
301		    ...
302		 96 = /dev/st0a		First SCSI tape, mode 3
303		 97 = /dev/st1a		Second SCSI tape, mode 3
304		      ...
305		128 = /dev/nst0		First SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind
306		129 = /dev/nst1		Second SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind
307		    ...
308		160 = /dev/nst0l	First SCSI tape, mode 1, no rewind
309		161 = /dev/nst1l	Second SCSI tape, mode 1, no rewind
310		    ...
311		192 = /dev/nst0m	First SCSI tape, mode 2, no rewind
312		193 = /dev/nst1m	Second SCSI tape, mode 2, no rewind
313		    ...
314		224 = /dev/nst0a	First SCSI tape, mode 3, no rewind
315		225 = /dev/nst1a	Second SCSI tape, mode 3, no rewind
316		    ...
317
318		"No rewind" refers to the omission of the default
319		automatic rewind on device close.  The MTREW or MTOFFL
320		ioctl()'s can be used to rewind the tape regardless of
321		the device used to access it.
322
323  9 block	Metadisk (RAID) devices
324		  0 = /dev/md0		First metadisk group
325		  1 = /dev/md1		Second metadisk group
326		    ...
327
328		The metadisk driver is used to span a
329		filesystem across multiple physical disks.
330
331 10 char	Non-serial mice, misc features
332		  0 = /dev/logibm	Logitech bus mouse
333		  1 = /dev/psaux	PS/2-style mouse port
334		  2 = /dev/inportbm	Microsoft Inport bus mouse
335		  3 = /dev/atibm	ATI XL bus mouse
336		  4 = /dev/jbm		J-mouse
337		  4 = /dev/amigamouse	Amiga mouse (68k/Amiga)
338		  5 = /dev/atarimouse	Atari mouse
339		  6 = /dev/sunmouse	Sun mouse
340		  7 = /dev/amigamouse1	Second Amiga mouse
341		  8 = /dev/smouse	Simple serial mouse driver
342		  9 = /dev/pc110pad	IBM PC-110 digitizer pad
343		 10 = /dev/adbmouse	Apple Desktop Bus mouse
344		 11 = /dev/vrtpanel	Vr41xx embedded touch panel
345		 13 = /dev/vpcmouse	Connectix Virtual PC Mouse
346		 14 = /dev/touchscreen/ucb1x00  UCB 1x00 touchscreen
347		 15 = /dev/touchscreen/mk712	MK712 touchscreen
348		128 = /dev/beep		Fancy beep device
349		129 =
350		130 = /dev/watchdog	Watchdog timer port
351		131 = /dev/temperature	Machine internal temperature
352		132 = /dev/hwtrap	Hardware fault trap
353		133 = /dev/exttrp	External device trap
354		134 = /dev/apm_bios	Advanced Power Management BIOS
355		135 = /dev/rtc		Real Time Clock
356		137 = /dev/vhci		Bluetooth virtual HCI driver
357		139 = /dev/openprom	SPARC OpenBoot PROM
358		140 = /dev/relay8	Berkshire Products Octal relay card
359		141 = /dev/relay16	Berkshire Products ISO-16 relay card
360		142 =
361		143 = /dev/pciconf	PCI configuration space
362		144 = /dev/nvram	Non-volatile configuration RAM
363		145 = /dev/hfmodem	Soundcard shortwave modem control
364		146 = /dev/graphics	Linux/SGI graphics device
365		147 = /dev/opengl	Linux/SGI OpenGL pipe
366		148 = /dev/gfx		Linux/SGI graphics effects device
367		149 = /dev/input/mouse	Linux/SGI Irix emulation mouse
368		150 = /dev/input/keyboard Linux/SGI Irix emulation keyboard
369		151 = /dev/led		Front panel LEDs
370		152 = /dev/kpoll	Kernel Poll Driver
371		153 = /dev/mergemem	Memory merge device
372		154 = /dev/pmu		Macintosh PowerBook power manager
373		155 = /dev/isictl	MultiTech ISICom serial control
374		156 = /dev/lcd		Front panel LCD display
375		157 = /dev/ac		Applicom Intl Profibus card
376		158 = /dev/nwbutton	Netwinder external button
377		159 = /dev/nwdebug	Netwinder debug interface
378		160 = /dev/nwflash	Netwinder flash memory
379		161 = /dev/userdma	User-space DMA access
380		162 = /dev/smbus	System Management Bus
381		163 = /dev/lik		Logitech Internet Keyboard
382		164 = /dev/ipmo		Intel Intelligent Platform Management
383		165 = /dev/vmmon	VMware virtual machine monitor
384		166 = /dev/i2o/ctl	I2O configuration manager
385		167 = /dev/specialix_sxctl Specialix serial control
386		168 = /dev/tcldrv	Technology Concepts serial control
387		169 = /dev/specialix_rioctl Specialix RIO serial control
388		170 = /dev/thinkpad/thinkpad	IBM Thinkpad devices
389		171 = /dev/srripc	QNX4 API IPC manager
390		172 = /dev/usemaclone	Semaphore clone device
391		173 = /dev/ipmikcs	Intelligent Platform Management
392		174 = /dev/uctrl	SPARCbook 3 microcontroller
393		175 = /dev/agpgart	AGP Graphics Address Remapping Table
394		176 = /dev/gtrsc	Gorgy Timing radio clock
395		177 = /dev/cbm		Serial CBM bus
396		178 = /dev/jsflash	JavaStation OS flash SIMM
397		179 = /dev/xsvc		High-speed shared-mem/semaphore service
398		180 = /dev/vrbuttons	Vr41xx button input device
399		181 = /dev/toshiba	Toshiba laptop SMM support
400		182 = /dev/perfctr	Performance-monitoring counters
401		183 = /dev/hwrng	Generic random number generator
402		184 = /dev/cpu/microcode CPU microcode update interface
403		186 = /dev/atomicps	Atomic shapshot of process state data
404		187 = /dev/irnet	IrNET device
405		188 = /dev/smbusbios	SMBus BIOS
406		189 = /dev/ussp_ctl	User space serial port control
407		190 = /dev/crash	Mission Critical Linux crash dump facility
408		191 = /dev/pcl181	<information missing>
409		192 = /dev/nas_xbus	NAS xbus LCD/buttons access
410		193 = /dev/d7s		SPARC 7-segment display
411		194 = /dev/zkshim	Zero-Knowledge network shim control
412		195 = /dev/elographics/e2201	Elographics touchscreen E271-2201
413		196 = /dev/vfio/vfio	VFIO userspace driver interface
414		197 = /dev/pxa3xx-gcu	PXA3xx graphics controller unit driver
415		198 = /dev/sexec	Signed executable interface
416		199 = /dev/scanners/cuecat :CueCat barcode scanner
417		200 = /dev/net/tun	TAP/TUN network device
418		201 = /dev/button/gulpb	Transmeta GULP-B buttons
419		202 = /dev/emd/ctl	Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) control
420		203 = /dev/cuse		Cuse (character device in user-space)
421		204 = /dev/video/em8300		EM8300 DVD decoder control
422		205 = /dev/video/em8300_mv	EM8300 DVD decoder video
423		206 = /dev/video/em8300_ma	EM8300 DVD decoder audio
424		207 = /dev/video/em8300_sp	EM8300 DVD decoder subpicture
425		208 = /dev/compaq/cpqphpc	Compaq PCI Hot Plug Controller
426		209 = /dev/compaq/cpqrid	Compaq Remote Insight Driver
427		210 = /dev/impi/bt	IMPI coprocessor block transfer
428		211 = /dev/impi/smic	IMPI coprocessor stream interface
429		212 = /dev/watchdogs/0	First watchdog device
430		213 = /dev/watchdogs/1	Second watchdog device
431		214 = /dev/watchdogs/2	Third watchdog device
432		215 = /dev/watchdogs/3	Fourth watchdog device
433		216 = /dev/fujitsu/apanel	Fujitsu/Siemens application panel
434		217 = /dev/ni/natmotn		National Instruments Motion
435		218 = /dev/kchuid	Inter-process chuid control
436		219 = /dev/modems/mwave	MWave modem firmware upload
437		220 = /dev/mptctl	Message passing technology (MPT) control
438		221 = /dev/mvista/hssdsi	Montavista PICMG hot swap system driver
439		222 = /dev/mvista/hasi		Montavista PICMG high availability
440		223 = /dev/input/uinput		User level driver support for input
441		224 = /dev/tpm		TCPA TPM driver
442		225 = /dev/pps		Pulse Per Second driver
443		226 = /dev/systrace	Systrace device
444		227 = /dev/mcelog	X86_64 Machine Check Exception driver
445		228 = /dev/hpet		HPET driver
446		229 = /dev/fuse		Fuse (virtual filesystem in user-space)
447		230 = /dev/midishare	MidiShare driver
448		231 = /dev/snapshot	System memory snapshot device
449		232 = /dev/kvm		Kernel-based virtual machine (hardware virtualization extensions)
450		233 = /dev/kmview	View-OS A process with a view
451		234 = /dev/btrfs-control	Btrfs control device
452		235 = /dev/autofs	Autofs control device
453		236 = /dev/mapper/control	Device-Mapper control device
454		237 = /dev/loop-control Loopback control device
455		238 = /dev/vhost-net	Host kernel accelerator for virtio net
456		239 = /dev/uhid		User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem
457
458		240-254			Reserved for local use
459		255			Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
460
461 11 char	Raw keyboard device	(Linux/SPARC only)
462		  0 = /dev/kbd		Raw keyboard device
463
464 11 char	Serial Mux device	(Linux/PA-RISC only)
465		  0 = /dev/ttyB0	First mux port
466		  1 = /dev/ttyB1	Second mux port
467		    ...
468
469 11 block	SCSI CD-ROM devices
470		  0 = /dev/scd0		First SCSI CD-ROM
471		  1 = /dev/scd1		Second SCSI CD-ROM
472		    ...
473
474		The prefix /dev/sr (instead of /dev/scd) has been deprecated.
475
476 12 char	QIC-02 tape
477		  2 = /dev/ntpqic11	QIC-11, no rewind-on-close
478		  3 = /dev/tpqic11	QIC-11, rewind-on-close
479		  4 = /dev/ntpqic24	QIC-24, no rewind-on-close
480		  5 = /dev/tpqic24	QIC-24, rewind-on-close
481		  6 = /dev/ntpqic120	QIC-120, no rewind-on-close
482		  7 = /dev/tpqic120	QIC-120, rewind-on-close
483		  8 = /dev/ntpqic150	QIC-150, no rewind-on-close
484		  9 = /dev/tpqic150	QIC-150, rewind-on-close
485
486		The device names specified are proposed -- if there
487		are "standard" names for these devices, please let me know.
488
489 12 block
490
491 13 char	Input core
492		  0 = /dev/input/js0	First joystick
493		  1 = /dev/input/js1	Second joystick
494		    ...
495		 32 = /dev/input/mouse0	First mouse
496		 33 = /dev/input/mouse1	Second mouse
497		    ...
498		 63 = /dev/input/mice	Unified mouse
499		 64 = /dev/input/event0	First event queue
500		 65 = /dev/input/event1	Second event queue
501		    ...
502
503		Each device type has 5 bits (32 minors).
504
505 13 block	Previously used for the XT disk (/dev/xdN)
506		Deleted in kernel v3.9.
507
508 14 char	Open Sound System (OSS)
509		  0 = /dev/mixer	Mixer control
510		  1 = /dev/sequencer	Audio sequencer
511		  2 = /dev/midi00	First MIDI port
512		  3 = /dev/dsp		Digital audio
513		  4 = /dev/audio	Sun-compatible digital audio
514		  6 =
515		  7 = /dev/audioctl	SPARC audio control device
516		  8 = /dev/sequencer2	Sequencer -- alternate device
517		 16 = /dev/mixer1	Second soundcard mixer control
518		 17 = /dev/patmgr0	Sequencer patch manager
519		 18 = /dev/midi01	Second MIDI port
520		 19 = /dev/dsp1		Second soundcard digital audio
521		 20 = /dev/audio1	Second soundcard Sun digital audio
522		 33 = /dev/patmgr1	Sequencer patch manager
523		 34 = /dev/midi02	Third MIDI port
524		 50 = /dev/midi03	Fourth MIDI port
525
526 14 block
527
528 15 char	Joystick
529		  0 = /dev/js0		First analog joystick
530		  1 = /dev/js1		Second analog joystick
531		    ...
532		128 = /dev/djs0		First digital joystick
533		129 = /dev/djs1		Second digital joystick
534		    ...
535 15 block	Sony CDU-31A/CDU-33A CD-ROM
536		  0 = /dev/sonycd	Sony CDU-31a CD-ROM
537
538 16 char	Non-SCSI scanners
539		  0 = /dev/gs4500	Genius 4500 handheld scanner
540
541 16 block	GoldStar CD-ROM
542		  0 = /dev/gscd		GoldStar CD-ROM
543
544 17 char	OBSOLETE (was Chase serial card)
545		  0 = /dev/ttyH0	First Chase port
546		  1 = /dev/ttyH1	Second Chase port
547		    ...
548 17 block	Optics Storage CD-ROM
549		  0 = /dev/optcd	Optics Storage CD-ROM
550
551 18 char	OBSOLETE (was Chase serial card - alternate devices)
552		  0 = /dev/cuh0		Callout device for ttyH0
553		  1 = /dev/cuh1		Callout device for ttyH1
554		    ...
555 18 block	Sanyo CD-ROM
556		  0 = /dev/sjcd		Sanyo CD-ROM
557
558 19 char	Cyclades serial card
559		  0 = /dev/ttyC0	First Cyclades port
560		    ...
561		 31 = /dev/ttyC31	32nd Cyclades port
562
563 19 block	"Double" compressed disk
564		  0 = /dev/double0	First compressed disk
565		    ...
566		  7 = /dev/double7	Eighth compressed disk
567		128 = /dev/cdouble0	Mirror of first compressed disk
568		    ...
569		135 = /dev/cdouble7	Mirror of eighth compressed disk
570
571		See the Double documentation for the meaning of the
572		mirror devices.
573
574 20 char	Cyclades serial card - alternate devices
575		  0 = /dev/cub0		Callout device for ttyC0
576		    ...
577		 31 = /dev/cub31	Callout device for ttyC31
578
579 20 block	Hitachi CD-ROM (under development)
580		  0 = /dev/hitcd	Hitachi CD-ROM
581
582 21 char	Generic SCSI access
583		  0 = /dev/sg0		First generic SCSI device
584		  1 = /dev/sg1		Second generic SCSI device
585		    ...
586
587		Most distributions name these /dev/sga, /dev/sgb...;
588		this sets an unnecessary limit of 26 SCSI devices in
589		the system and is counter to standard Linux
590		device-naming practice.
591
592 21 block	Acorn MFM hard drive interface
593		  0 = /dev/mfma		First MFM drive whole disk
594		 64 = /dev/mfmb		Second MFM drive whole disk
595
596		This device is used on the ARM-based Acorn RiscPC.
597		Partitions are handled the same way as for IDE disks
598		(see major number 3).
599
600 22 char	Digiboard serial card
601		  0 = /dev/ttyD0	First Digiboard port
602		  1 = /dev/ttyD1	Second Digiboard port
603		    ...
604 22 block	Second IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
605		  0 = /dev/hdc		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
606		 64 = /dev/hdd		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
607
608		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
609		interface (see major number 3).
610
611 23 char	Digiboard serial card - alternate devices
612		  0 = /dev/cud0		Callout device for ttyD0
613		  1 = /dev/cud1		Callout device for ttyD1
614		      ...
615 23 block	Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM
616		  0 = /dev/mcd		Mitsumi CD-ROM
617
618 24 char	Stallion serial card
619		  0 = /dev/ttyE0	Stallion port 0 card 0
620		  1 = /dev/ttyE1	Stallion port 1 card 0
621		    ...
622		 64 = /dev/ttyE64	Stallion port 0 card 1
623		 65 = /dev/ttyE65	Stallion port 1 card 1
624		      ...
625		128 = /dev/ttyE128	Stallion port 0 card 2
626		129 = /dev/ttyE129	Stallion port 1 card 2
627		    ...
628		192 = /dev/ttyE192	Stallion port 0 card 3
629		193 = /dev/ttyE193	Stallion port 1 card 3
630		    ...
631 24 block	Sony CDU-535 CD-ROM
632		  0 = /dev/cdu535	Sony CDU-535 CD-ROM
633
634 25 char	Stallion serial card - alternate devices
635		  0 = /dev/cue0		Callout device for ttyE0
636		  1 = /dev/cue1		Callout device for ttyE1
637		    ...
638		 64 = /dev/cue64	Callout device for ttyE64
639		 65 = /dev/cue65	Callout device for ttyE65
640		    ...
641		128 = /dev/cue128	Callout device for ttyE128
642		129 = /dev/cue129	Callout device for ttyE129
643		    ...
644		192 = /dev/cue192	Callout device for ttyE192
645		193 = /dev/cue193	Callout device for ttyE193
646		      ...
647 25 block	First Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
648		  0 = /dev/sbpcd0	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 0
649		  1 = /dev/sbpcd1	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 1
650		  2 = /dev/sbpcd2	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 2
651		  3 = /dev/sbpcd3	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 3
652
653 26 char
654
655 26 block	Second Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
656		  0 = /dev/sbpcd4	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 0
657		  1 = /dev/sbpcd5	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 1
658		  2 = /dev/sbpcd6	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 2
659		  3 = /dev/sbpcd7	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 3
660
661 27 char	QIC-117 tape
662		  0 = /dev/qft0		Unit 0, rewind-on-close
663		  1 = /dev/qft1		Unit 1, rewind-on-close
664		  2 = /dev/qft2		Unit 2, rewind-on-close
665		  3 = /dev/qft3		Unit 3, rewind-on-close
666		  4 = /dev/nqft0	Unit 0, no rewind-on-close
667		  5 = /dev/nqft1	Unit 1, no rewind-on-close
668		  6 = /dev/nqft2	Unit 2, no rewind-on-close
669		  7 = /dev/nqft3	Unit 3, no rewind-on-close
670		 16 = /dev/zqft0	Unit 0, rewind-on-close, compression
671		 17 = /dev/zqft1	Unit 1, rewind-on-close, compression
672		 18 = /dev/zqft2	Unit 2, rewind-on-close, compression
673		 19 = /dev/zqft3	Unit 3, rewind-on-close, compression
674		 20 = /dev/nzqft0	Unit 0, no rewind-on-close, compression
675		 21 = /dev/nzqft1	Unit 1, no rewind-on-close, compression
676		 22 = /dev/nzqft2	Unit 2, no rewind-on-close, compression
677		 23 = /dev/nzqft3	Unit 3, no rewind-on-close, compression
678		 32 = /dev/rawqft0	Unit 0, rewind-on-close, no file marks
679		 33 = /dev/rawqft1	Unit 1, rewind-on-close, no file marks
680		 34 = /dev/rawqft2	Unit 2, rewind-on-close, no file marks
681		 35 = /dev/rawqft3	Unit 3, rewind-on-close, no file marks
682		 36 = /dev/nrawqft0	Unit 0, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
683		 37 = /dev/nrawqft1	Unit 1, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
684		 38 = /dev/nrawqft2	Unit 2, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
685		 39 = /dev/nrawqft3	Unit 3, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
686
687 27 block	Third Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
688		  0 = /dev/sbpcd8	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 0
689		  1 = /dev/sbpcd9	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 1
690		  2 = /dev/sbpcd10	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 2
691		  3 = /dev/sbpcd11	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 3
692
693 28 char	Stallion serial card - card programming
694		  0 = /dev/staliomem0	First Stallion card I/O memory
695		  1 = /dev/staliomem1	Second Stallion card I/O memory
696		  2 = /dev/staliomem2	Third Stallion card I/O memory
697		  3 = /dev/staliomem3	Fourth Stallion card I/O memory
698
699 28 char	Atari SLM ACSI laser printer (68k/Atari)
700		  0 = /dev/slm0		First SLM laser printer
701		  1 = /dev/slm1		Second SLM laser printer
702		    ...
703 28 block	Fourth Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
704		  0 = /dev/sbpcd12	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 0
705		  1 = /dev/sbpcd13	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 1
706		  2 = /dev/sbpcd14	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 2
707		  3 = /dev/sbpcd15	Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 3
708
709 28 block	ACSI disk (68k/Atari)
710		  0 = /dev/ada		First ACSI disk whole disk
711		 16 = /dev/adb		Second ACSI disk whole disk
712		 32 = /dev/adc		Third ACSI disk whole disk
713		    ...
714		240 = /dev/adp		16th ACSI disk whole disk
715
716		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
717		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
718		partitions is 15, like SCSI.
719
720 29 char	Universal frame buffer
721		  0 = /dev/fb0		First frame buffer
722		  1 = /dev/fb1		Second frame buffer
723		    ...
724		 31 = /dev/fb31		32nd frame buffer
725
726 29 block	Aztech/Orchid/Okano/Wearnes CD-ROM
727		  0 = /dev/aztcd	Aztech CD-ROM
728
729 30 char	iBCS-2 compatibility devices
730		  0 = /dev/socksys	Socket access
731		  1 = /dev/spx		SVR3 local X interface
732		 32 = /dev/inet/ip	Network access
733		 33 = /dev/inet/icmp
734		 34 = /dev/inet/ggp
735		 35 = /dev/inet/ipip
736		 36 = /dev/inet/tcp
737		 37 = /dev/inet/egp
738		 38 = /dev/inet/pup
739		 39 = /dev/inet/udp
740		 40 = /dev/inet/idp
741		 41 = /dev/inet/rawip
742
743		Additionally, iBCS-2 requires the following links:
744
745		/dev/ip -> /dev/inet/ip
746		/dev/icmp -> /dev/inet/icmp
747		/dev/ggp -> /dev/inet/ggp
748		/dev/ipip -> /dev/inet/ipip
749		/dev/tcp -> /dev/inet/tcp
750		/dev/egp -> /dev/inet/egp
751		/dev/pup -> /dev/inet/pup
752		/dev/udp -> /dev/inet/udp
753		/dev/idp -> /dev/inet/idp
754		/dev/rawip -> /dev/inet/rawip
755		/dev/inet/arp -> /dev/inet/udp
756		/dev/inet/rip -> /dev/inet/udp
757		/dev/nfsd -> /dev/socksys
758		/dev/X0R -> /dev/null (? apparently not required ?)
759
760 30 block	Philips LMS CM-205 CD-ROM
761		  0 = /dev/cm205cd	Philips LMS CM-205 CD-ROM
762
763		/dev/lmscd is an older name for this device.  This
764		driver does not work with the CM-205MS CD-ROM.
765
766 31 char	MPU-401 MIDI
767		  0 = /dev/mpu401data	MPU-401 data port
768		  1 = /dev/mpu401stat	MPU-401 status port
769
770 31 block	ROM/flash memory card
771		  0 = /dev/rom0		First ROM card (rw)
772		      ...
773		  7 = /dev/rom7		Eighth ROM card (rw)
774		  8 = /dev/rrom0	First ROM card (ro)
775		    ...
776		 15 = /dev/rrom7	Eighth ROM card (ro)
777		 16 = /dev/flash0	First flash memory card (rw)
778		    ...
779		 23 = /dev/flash7	Eighth flash memory card (rw)
780		 24 = /dev/rflash0	First flash memory card (ro)
781		    ...
782		 31 = /dev/rflash7	Eighth flash memory card (ro)
783
784		The read-write (rw) devices support back-caching
785		written data in RAM, as well as writing to flash RAM
786		devices.  The read-only devices (ro) support reading
787		only.
788
789 32 char	Specialix serial card
790		  0 = /dev/ttyX0	First Specialix port
791		  1 = /dev/ttyX1	Second Specialix port
792		    ...
793 32 block	Philips LMS CM-206 CD-ROM
794		  0 = /dev/cm206cd	Philips LMS CM-206 CD-ROM
795
796 33 char	Specialix serial card - alternate devices
797		  0 = /dev/cux0		Callout device for ttyX0
798		  1 = /dev/cux1		Callout device for ttyX1
799		    ...
800 33 block	Third IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
801		  0 = /dev/hde		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
802		 64 = /dev/hdf		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
803
804		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
805		interface (see major number 3).
806
807 34 char	Z8530 HDLC driver
808		  0 = /dev/scc0		First Z8530, first port
809		  1 = /dev/scc1		First Z8530, second port
810		  2 = /dev/scc2		Second Z8530, first port
811		  3 = /dev/scc3		Second Z8530, second port
812		    ...
813
814		In a previous version these devices were named
815		/dev/sc1 for /dev/scc0, /dev/sc2 for /dev/scc1, and so
816		on.
817
818 34 block	Fourth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
819		  0 = /dev/hdg		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
820		 64 = /dev/hdh		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
821
822		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
823		interface (see major number 3).
824
825 35 char	tclmidi MIDI driver
826		  0 = /dev/midi0	First MIDI port, kernel timed
827		  1 = /dev/midi1	Second MIDI port, kernel timed
828		  2 = /dev/midi2	Third MIDI port, kernel timed
829		  3 = /dev/midi3	Fourth MIDI port, kernel timed
830		 64 = /dev/rmidi0	First MIDI port, untimed
831		 65 = /dev/rmidi1	Second MIDI port, untimed
832		 66 = /dev/rmidi2	Third MIDI port, untimed
833		 67 = /dev/rmidi3	Fourth MIDI port, untimed
834		128 = /dev/smpte0	First MIDI port, SMPTE timed
835		129 = /dev/smpte1	Second MIDI port, SMPTE timed
836		130 = /dev/smpte2	Third MIDI port, SMPTE timed
837		131 = /dev/smpte3	Fourth MIDI port, SMPTE timed
838
839 35 block	Slow memory ramdisk
840		  0 = /dev/slram	Slow memory ramdisk
841
842 36 char	Netlink support
843		  0 = /dev/route	Routing, device updates, kernel to user
844		  1 = /dev/skip		enSKIP security cache control
845		  3 = /dev/fwmonitor	Firewall packet copies
846		 16 = /dev/tap0		First Ethertap device
847		    ...
848		 31 = /dev/tap15	16th Ethertap device
849
850 36 block	OBSOLETE (was MCA ESDI hard disk)
851
852 37 char	IDE tape
853		  0 = /dev/ht0		First IDE tape
854		  1 = /dev/ht1		Second IDE tape
855		    ...
856		128 = /dev/nht0		First IDE tape, no rewind-on-close
857		129 = /dev/nht1		Second IDE tape, no rewind-on-close
858		    ...
859
860		Currently, only one IDE tape drive is supported.
861
862 37 block	Zorro II ramdisk
863		  0 = /dev/z2ram	Zorro II ramdisk
864
865 38 char	Myricom PCI Myrinet board
866		  0 = /dev/mlanai0	First Myrinet board
867		  1 = /dev/mlanai1	Second Myrinet board
868		    ...
869
870		This device is used for status query, board control
871		and "user level packet I/O."  This board is also
872		accessible as a standard networking "eth" device.
873
874 38 block	OBSOLETE (was Linux/AP+)
875
876 39 char	ML-16P experimental I/O board
877		  0 = /dev/ml16pa-a0	First card, first analog channel
878		  1 = /dev/ml16pa-a1	First card, second analog channel
879		    ...
880		 15 = /dev/ml16pa-a15	First card, 16th analog channel
881		 16 = /dev/ml16pa-d	First card, digital lines
882		 17 = /dev/ml16pa-c0	First card, first counter/timer
883		 18 = /dev/ml16pa-c1	First card, second counter/timer
884		 19 = /dev/ml16pa-c2	First card, third counter/timer
885		 32 = /dev/ml16pb-a0	Second card, first analog channel
886		 33 = /dev/ml16pb-a1	Second card, second analog channel
887		    ...
888		 47 = /dev/ml16pb-a15	Second card, 16th analog channel
889		 48 = /dev/ml16pb-d	Second card, digital lines
890		 49 = /dev/ml16pb-c0	Second card, first counter/timer
891		 50 = /dev/ml16pb-c1	Second card, second counter/timer
892		 51 = /dev/ml16pb-c2	Second card, third counter/timer
893		      ...
894 39 block
895
896 40 char
897
898 40 block
899
900 41 char	Yet Another Micro Monitor
901		  0 = /dev/yamm		Yet Another Micro Monitor
902
903 41 block
904
905 42 char	Demo/sample use
906
907 42 block	Demo/sample use
908
909		This number is intended for use in sample code, as
910		well as a general "example" device number.  It
911		should never be used for a device driver that is being
912		distributed; either obtain an official number or use
913		the local/experimental range.  The sudden addition or
914		removal of a driver with this number should not cause
915		ill effects to the system (bugs excepted.)
916
917		IN PARTICULAR, ANY DISTRIBUTION WHICH CONTAINS A
918		DEVICE DRIVER USING MAJOR NUMBER 42 IS NONCOMPLIANT.
919
920 43 char	isdn4linux virtual modem
921		  0 = /dev/ttyI0	First virtual modem
922		    ...
923		 63 = /dev/ttyI63	64th virtual modem
924
925 43 block	Network block devices
926		  0 = /dev/nb0		First network block device
927		  1 = /dev/nb1		Second network block device
928		    ...
929
930		Network Block Device is somehow similar to loopback
931		devices: If you read from it, it sends packet across
932		network asking server for data. If you write to it, it
933		sends packet telling server to write. It could be used
934		to mounting filesystems over the net, swapping over
935		the net, implementing block device in userland etc.
936
937 44 char	isdn4linux virtual modem - alternate devices
938		  0 = /dev/cui0		Callout device for ttyI0
939		    ...
940		 63 = /dev/cui63	Callout device for ttyI63
941
942 44 block	Flash Translation Layer (FTL) filesystems
943		  0 = /dev/ftla		FTL on first Memory Technology Device
944		 16 = /dev/ftlb		FTL on second Memory Technology Device
945		 32 = /dev/ftlc		FTL on third Memory Technology Device
946		    ...
947		240 = /dev/ftlp		FTL on 16th Memory Technology Device
948
949		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
950		disks (see major number 3) except that the partition
951		limit is 15 rather than 63 per disk (same as SCSI.)
952
953 45 char	isdn4linux ISDN BRI driver
954		  0 = /dev/isdn0	First virtual B channel raw data
955		    ...
956		 63 = /dev/isdn63	64th virtual B channel raw data
957		 64 = /dev/isdnctrl0	First channel control/debug
958		    ...
959		127 = /dev/isdnctrl63	64th channel control/debug
960
961		128 = /dev/ippp0	First SyncPPP device
962		    ...
963		191 = /dev/ippp63	64th SyncPPP device
964
965		255 = /dev/isdninfo	ISDN monitor interface
966
967 45 block	Parallel port IDE disk devices
968		  0 = /dev/pda		First parallel port IDE disk
969		 16 = /dev/pdb		Second parallel port IDE disk
970		 32 = /dev/pdc		Third parallel port IDE disk
971		 48 = /dev/pdd		Fourth parallel port IDE disk
972
973		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
974		disks (see major number 3) except that the partition
975		limit is 15 rather than 63 per disk.
976
977 46 char	Comtrol Rocketport serial card
978		  0 = /dev/ttyR0	First Rocketport port
979		  1 = /dev/ttyR1	Second Rocketport port
980		    ...
981 46 block	Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM devices
982		  0 = /dev/pcd0		First parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
983		  1 = /dev/pcd1		Second parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
984		  2 = /dev/pcd2		Third parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
985		  3 = /dev/pcd3		Fourth parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
986
987 47 char	Comtrol Rocketport serial card - alternate devices
988		  0 = /dev/cur0		Callout device for ttyR0
989		  1 = /dev/cur1		Callout device for ttyR1
990		    ...
991 47 block	Parallel port ATAPI disk devices
992		  0 = /dev/pf0		First parallel port ATAPI disk
993		  1 = /dev/pf1		Second parallel port ATAPI disk
994		  2 = /dev/pf2		Third parallel port ATAPI disk
995		  3 = /dev/pf3		Fourth parallel port ATAPI disk
996
997		This driver is intended for floppy disks and similar
998		devices and hence does not support partitioning.
999
1000 48 char	SDL RISCom serial card
1001		  0 = /dev/ttyL0	First RISCom port
1002		  1 = /dev/ttyL1	Second RISCom port
1003		    ...
1004 48 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; first controller
1005		  0 = /dev/rd/c0d0	First disk, whole disk
1006		  8 = /dev/rd/c0d1	Second disk, whole disk
1007		    ...
1008		248 = /dev/rd/c0d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1009
1010		For partitions add:
1011		  0 = /dev/rd/c?d?	Whole disk
1012		  1 = /dev/rd/c?d?p1	First partition
1013		    ...
1014		  7 = /dev/rd/c?d?p7	Seventh partition
1015
1016 49 char	SDL RISCom serial card - alternate devices
1017		  0 = /dev/cul0		Callout device for ttyL0
1018		  1 = /dev/cul1		Callout device for ttyL1
1019		    ...
1020 49 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; second controller
1021		  0 = /dev/rd/c1d0	First disk, whole disk
1022		  8 = /dev/rd/c1d1	Second disk, whole disk
1023		    ...
1024		248 = /dev/rd/c1d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1025
1026		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1027
1028 50 char	Reserved for GLINT
1029
1030 50 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; third controller
1031		  0 = /dev/rd/c2d0	First disk, whole disk
1032		  8 = /dev/rd/c2d1	Second disk, whole disk
1033		    ...
1034		248 = /dev/rd/c2d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1035
1036 51 char	Baycom radio modem OR Radio Tech BIM-XXX-RS232 radio modem
1037		  0 = /dev/bc0		First Baycom radio modem
1038		  1 = /dev/bc1		Second Baycom radio modem
1039		    ...
1040 51 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fourth controller
1041		  0 = /dev/rd/c3d0	First disk, whole disk
1042		  8 = /dev/rd/c3d1	Second disk, whole disk
1043		    ...
1044		248 = /dev/rd/c3d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1045
1046		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1047
1048 52 char	Spellcaster DataComm/BRI ISDN card
1049		  0 = /dev/dcbri0	First DataComm card
1050		  1 = /dev/dcbri1	Second DataComm card
1051		  2 = /dev/dcbri2	Third DataComm card
1052		  3 = /dev/dcbri3	Fourth DataComm card
1053
1054 52 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fifth controller
1055		  0 = /dev/rd/c4d0	First disk, whole disk
1056		  8 = /dev/rd/c4d1	Second disk, whole disk
1057		    ...
1058		248 = /dev/rd/c4d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1059
1060		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1061
1062 53 char	BDM interface for remote debugging MC683xx microcontrollers
1063		  0 = /dev/pd_bdm0	PD BDM interface on lp0
1064		  1 = /dev/pd_bdm1	PD BDM interface on lp1
1065		  2 = /dev/pd_bdm2	PD BDM interface on lp2
1066		  4 = /dev/icd_bdm0	ICD BDM interface on lp0
1067		  5 = /dev/icd_bdm1	ICD BDM interface on lp1
1068		  6 = /dev/icd_bdm2	ICD BDM interface on lp2
1069
1070		This device is used for the interfacing to the MC683xx
1071		microcontrollers via Background Debug Mode by use of a
1072		Parallel Port interface. PD is the Motorola Public
1073		Domain Interface and ICD is the commercial interface
1074		by P&E.
1075
1076 53 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; sixth controller
1077		  0 = /dev/rd/c5d0	First disk, whole disk
1078		  8 = /dev/rd/c5d1	Second disk, whole disk
1079		    ...
1080		248 = /dev/rd/c5d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1081
1082		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1083
1084 54 char	Electrocardiognosis Holter serial card
1085		  0 = /dev/holter0	First Holter port
1086		  1 = /dev/holter1	Second Holter port
1087		  2 = /dev/holter2	Third Holter port
1088
1089		A custom serial card used by Electrocardiognosis SRL
1090		<mseritan@ottonel.pub.ro> to transfer data from Holter
1091		24-hour heart monitoring equipment.
1092
1093 54 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; seventh controller
1094		  0 = /dev/rd/c6d0	First disk, whole disk
1095		  8 = /dev/rd/c6d1	Second disk, whole disk
1096		    ...
1097		248 = /dev/rd/c6d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1098
1099		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1100
1101 55 char	DSP56001 digital signal processor
1102		  0 = /dev/dsp56k	First DSP56001
1103
1104 55 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eighth controller
1105		  0 = /dev/rd/c7d0	First disk, whole disk
1106		  8 = /dev/rd/c7d1	Second disk, whole disk
1107		    ...
1108		248 = /dev/rd/c7d31	32nd disk, whole disk
1109
1110		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1111
1112 56 char	Apple Desktop Bus
1113		  0 = /dev/adb		ADB bus control
1114
1115		Additional devices will be added to this number, all
1116		starting with /dev/adb.
1117
1118 56 block	Fifth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1119		  0 = /dev/hdi		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1120		 64 = /dev/hdj		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1121
1122		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1123		interface (see major number 3).
1124
1125 57 char	Hayes ESP serial card
1126		  0 = /dev/ttyP0	First ESP port
1127		  1 = /dev/ttyP1	Second ESP port
1128		    ...
1129
1130 57 block	Sixth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1131		  0 = /dev/hdk		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1132		 64 = /dev/hdl		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1133
1134		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1135		interface (see major number 3).
1136
1137 58 char	Hayes ESP serial card - alternate devices
1138		  0 = /dev/cup0		Callout device for ttyP0
1139		  1 = /dev/cup1		Callout device for ttyP1
1140		    ...
1141
1142 58 block	Reserved for logical volume manager
1143
1144 59 char	sf firewall package
1145		  0 = /dev/firewall	Communication with sf kernel module
1146
1147 59 block	Generic PDA filesystem device
1148		  0 = /dev/pda0		First PDA device
1149		  1 = /dev/pda1		Second PDA device
1150		    ...
1151
1152		The pda devices are used to mount filesystems on
1153		remote pda's (basically slow handheld machines with
1154		proprietary OS's and limited memory and storage
1155		running small fs translation drivers) through serial /
1156		IRDA / parallel links.
1157
1158		NAMING CONFLICT -- PROPOSED REVISED NAME /dev/rpda0 etc
1159
1160 60-63 char	LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
1161
1162 60-63 block	LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
1163		Allocated for local/experimental use.  For devices not
1164		assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
1165		used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
1166
1167 64 char	ENskip kernel encryption package
1168		  0 = /dev/enskip	Communication with ENskip kernel module
1169
1170 64 block	Scramdisk/DriveCrypt encrypted devices
1171		  0 = /dev/scramdisk/master    Master node for ioctls
1172		  1 = /dev/scramdisk/1         First encrypted device
1173		  2 = /dev/scramdisk/2         Second encrypted device
1174		  ...
1175		255 = /dev/scramdisk/255       255th encrypted device
1176
1177		The filename of the encrypted container and the passwords
1178		are sent via ioctls (using the sdmount tool) to the master
1179		node which then activates them via one of the
1180		/dev/scramdisk/x nodes for loop mounting (all handled
1181		through the sdmount tool).
1182
1183		Requested by: andy@scramdisklinux.org
1184
1185 65 char	Sundance "plink" Transputer boards (obsolete, unused)
1186		  0 = /dev/plink0	First plink device
1187		  1 = /dev/plink1	Second plink device
1188		  2 = /dev/plink2	Third plink device
1189		  3 = /dev/plink3	Fourth plink device
1190		 64 = /dev/rplink0	First plink device, raw
1191		 65 = /dev/rplink1	Second plink device, raw
1192		 66 = /dev/rplink2	Third plink device, raw
1193		 67 = /dev/rplink3	Fourth plink device, raw
1194		128 = /dev/plink0d	First plink device, debug
1195		129 = /dev/plink1d	Second plink device, debug
1196		130 = /dev/plink2d	Third plink device, debug
1197		131 = /dev/plink3d	Fourth plink device, debug
1198		192 = /dev/rplink0d	First plink device, raw, debug
1199		193 = /dev/rplink1d	Second plink device, raw, debug
1200		194 = /dev/rplink2d	Third plink device, raw, debug
1201		195 = /dev/rplink3d	Fourth plink device, raw, debug
1202
1203		This is a commercial driver; contact James Howes
1204		<jth@prosig.demon.co.uk> for information.
1205
1206 65 block	SCSI disk devices (16-31)
1207		  0 = /dev/sdq		17th SCSI disk whole disk
1208		 16 = /dev/sdr		18th SCSI disk whole disk
1209		 32 = /dev/sds		19th SCSI disk whole disk
1210		    ...
1211		240 = /dev/sdaf		32nd SCSI disk whole disk
1212
1213		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1214		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1215		partitions is 15.
1216
1217 66 char	YARC PowerPC PCI coprocessor card
1218		  0 = /dev/yppcpci0	First YARC card
1219		  1 = /dev/yppcpci1	Second YARC card
1220		    ...
1221
1222 66 block	SCSI disk devices (32-47)
1223		  0 = /dev/sdag		33th SCSI disk whole disk
1224		 16 = /dev/sdah		34th SCSI disk whole disk
1225		 32 = /dev/sdai		35th SCSI disk whole disk
1226		    ...
1227		240 = /dev/sdav		48nd SCSI disk whole disk
1228
1229		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1230		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1231		partitions is 15.
1232
1233 67 char	Coda network file system
1234		  0 = /dev/cfs0		Coda cache manager
1235
1236		See http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu for information about Coda.
1237
1238 67 block	SCSI disk devices (48-63)
1239		  0 = /dev/sdaw		49th SCSI disk whole disk
1240		 16 = /dev/sdax		50th SCSI disk whole disk
1241		 32 = /dev/sday		51st SCSI disk whole disk
1242		    ...
1243		240 = /dev/sdbl		64th SCSI disk whole disk
1244
1245		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1246		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1247		partitions is 15.
1248
1249 68 char	CAPI 2.0 interface
1250		  0 = /dev/capi20	Control device
1251		  1 = /dev/capi20.00	First CAPI 2.0 application
1252		  2 = /dev/capi20.01	Second CAPI 2.0 application
1253		    ...
1254		 20 = /dev/capi20.19	19th CAPI 2.0 application
1255
1256		ISDN CAPI 2.0 driver for use with CAPI 2.0
1257		applications; currently supports the AVM B1 card.
1258
1259 68 block	SCSI disk devices (64-79)
1260		  0 = /dev/sdbm		65th SCSI disk whole disk
1261		 16 = /dev/sdbn		66th SCSI disk whole disk
1262		 32 = /dev/sdbo		67th SCSI disk whole disk
1263		    ...
1264		240 = /dev/sdcb		80th SCSI disk whole disk
1265
1266		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1267		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1268		partitions is 15.
1269
1270 69 char	MA16 numeric accelerator card
1271		  0 = /dev/ma16		Board memory access
1272
1273 69 block	SCSI disk devices (80-95)
1274		  0 = /dev/sdcc		81st SCSI disk whole disk
1275		 16 = /dev/sdcd		82nd SCSI disk whole disk
1276		 32 = /dev/sdce		83th SCSI disk whole disk
1277		    ...
1278		240 = /dev/sdcr		96th SCSI disk whole disk
1279
1280		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1281		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1282		partitions is 15.
1283
1284 70 char	SpellCaster Protocol Services Interface
1285		  0 = /dev/apscfg	Configuration interface
1286		  1 = /dev/apsauth	Authentication interface
1287		  2 = /dev/apslog	Logging interface
1288		  3 = /dev/apsdbg	Debugging interface
1289		 64 = /dev/apsisdn	ISDN command interface
1290		 65 = /dev/apsasync	Async command interface
1291		128 = /dev/apsmon	Monitor interface
1292
1293 70 block	SCSI disk devices (96-111)
1294		  0 = /dev/sdcs		97th SCSI disk whole disk
1295		 16 = /dev/sdct		98th SCSI disk whole disk
1296		 32 = /dev/sdcu		99th SCSI disk whole disk
1297		    ...
1298		240 = /dev/sddh		112nd SCSI disk whole disk
1299
1300		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1301		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1302		partitions is 15.
1303
1304 71 char	Computone IntelliPort II serial card
1305		  0 = /dev/ttyF0	IntelliPort II board 0, port 0
1306		  1 = /dev/ttyF1	IntelliPort II board 0, port 1
1307		    ...
1308		 63 = /dev/ttyF63	IntelliPort II board 0, port 63
1309		 64 = /dev/ttyF64	IntelliPort II board 1, port 0
1310		 65 = /dev/ttyF65	IntelliPort II board 1, port 1
1311		    ...
1312		127 = /dev/ttyF127	IntelliPort II board 1, port 63
1313		128 = /dev/ttyF128	IntelliPort II board 2, port 0
1314		129 = /dev/ttyF129	IntelliPort II board 2, port 1
1315		    ...
1316		191 = /dev/ttyF191	IntelliPort II board 2, port 63
1317		192 = /dev/ttyF192	IntelliPort II board 3, port 0
1318		193 = /dev/ttyF193	IntelliPort II board 3, port 1
1319		    ...
1320		255 = /dev/ttyF255	IntelliPort II board 3, port 63
1321
1322 71 block	SCSI disk devices (112-127)
1323		  0 = /dev/sddi		113th SCSI disk whole disk
1324		 16 = /dev/sddj		114th SCSI disk whole disk
1325		 32 = /dev/sddk		115th SCSI disk whole disk
1326		    ...
1327		240 = /dev/sddx		128th SCSI disk whole disk
1328
1329		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1330		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1331		partitions is 15.
1332
1333 72 char	Computone IntelliPort II serial card - alternate devices
1334		  0 = /dev/cuf0		Callout device for ttyF0
1335		  1 = /dev/cuf1		Callout device for ttyF1
1336		    ...
1337		 63 = /dev/cuf63	Callout device for ttyF63
1338		 64 = /dev/cuf64	Callout device for ttyF64
1339		 65 = /dev/cuf65	Callout device for ttyF65
1340		    ...
1341		127 = /dev/cuf127	Callout device for ttyF127
1342		128 = /dev/cuf128	Callout device for ttyF128
1343		129 = /dev/cuf129	Callout device for ttyF129
1344		    ...
1345		191 = /dev/cuf191	Callout device for ttyF191
1346		192 = /dev/cuf192	Callout device for ttyF192
1347		193 = /dev/cuf193	Callout device for ttyF193
1348		    ...
1349		255 = /dev/cuf255	Callout device for ttyF255
1350
1351 72 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, first controller
1352		  0 = /dev/ida/c0d0	First logical drive whole disk
1353		 16 = /dev/ida/c0d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1354		    ...
1355		240 = /dev/ida/c0d15	16th logical drive whole disk
1356
1357		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1358		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1359		partitions is 15.
1360
1361 73 char	Computone IntelliPort II serial card - control devices
1362		  0 = /dev/ip2ipl0	Loadware device for board 0
1363		  1 = /dev/ip2stat0	Status device for board 0
1364		  4 = /dev/ip2ipl1	Loadware device for board 1
1365		  5 = /dev/ip2stat1	Status device for board 1
1366		  8 = /dev/ip2ipl2	Loadware device for board 2
1367		  9 = /dev/ip2stat2	Status device for board 2
1368		 12 = /dev/ip2ipl3	Loadware device for board 3
1369		 13 = /dev/ip2stat3	Status device for board 3
1370
1371 73 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, second controller
1372		  0 = /dev/ida/c1d0	First logical drive whole disk
1373		 16 = /dev/ida/c1d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1374		    ...
1375		240 = /dev/ida/c1d15	16th logical drive whole disk
1376
1377		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1378		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1379		partitions is 15.
1380
1381 74 char	SCI bridge
1382		  0 = /dev/SCI/0	SCI device 0
1383		  1 = /dev/SCI/1	SCI device 1
1384		    ...
1385
1386		Currently for Dolphin Interconnect Solutions' PCI-SCI
1387		bridge.
1388
1389 74 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, third controller
1390		  0 = /dev/ida/c2d0	First logical drive whole disk
1391		 16 = /dev/ida/c2d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1392		    ...
1393		240 = /dev/ida/c2d15	16th logical drive whole disk
1394
1395		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1396		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1397		partitions is 15.
1398
1399 75 char	Specialix IO8+ serial card
1400		  0 = /dev/ttyW0	First IO8+ port, first card
1401		  1 = /dev/ttyW1	Second IO8+ port, first card
1402		    ...
1403		  8 = /dev/ttyW8	First IO8+ port, second card
1404		    ...
1405
1406 75 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, fourth controller
1407		  0 = /dev/ida/c3d0	First logical drive whole disk
1408		 16 = /dev/ida/c3d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1409		    ...
1410		240 = /dev/ida/c3d15	16th logical drive whole disk
1411
1412		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1413		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1414		partitions is 15.
1415
1416 76 char	Specialix IO8+ serial card - alternate devices
1417		  0 = /dev/cuw0		Callout device for ttyW0
1418		  1 = /dev/cuw1		Callout device for ttyW1
1419		    ...
1420		  8 = /dev/cuw8		Callout device for ttyW8
1421		    ...
1422
1423 76 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, fifth controller
1424		  0 = /dev/ida/c4d0	First logical drive whole disk
1425		 16 = /dev/ida/c4d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1426		    ...
1427		240 = /dev/ida/c4d15	16th logical drive whole disk
1428
1429		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1430		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1431		partitions is 15.
1432
1433
1434 77 char	ComScire Quantum Noise Generator
1435		  0 = /dev/qng		ComScire Quantum Noise Generator
1436
1437 77 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, sixth controller
1438		  0 = /dev/ida/c5d0	First logical drive whole disk
1439		 16 = /dev/ida/c5d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1440		    ...
1441		240 = /dev/ida/c5d15	16th logical drive whole disk
1442
1443		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1444		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1445		partitions is 15.
1446
1447 78 char	PAM Software's multimodem boards
1448		  0 = /dev/ttyM0	First PAM modem
1449		  1 = /dev/ttyM1	Second PAM modem
1450		    ...
1451
1452 78 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, seventh controller
1453		  0 = /dev/ida/c6d0	First logical drive whole disk
1454		 16 = /dev/ida/c6d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1455		    ...
1456		240 = /dev/ida/c6d15	16th logical drive whole disk
1457
1458		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1459		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1460		partitions is 15.
1461
1462 79 char	PAM Software's multimodem boards - alternate devices
1463		  0 = /dev/cum0		Callout device for ttyM0
1464		  1 = /dev/cum1		Callout device for ttyM1
1465		    ...
1466
1467 79 block	Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eighth controller
1468		  0 = /dev/ida/c7d0	First logical drive whole disk
1469		 16 = /dev/ida/c7d1	Second logical drive whole disk
1470		    ...
1471		240 = /dev/ida/c715	16th logical drive whole disk
1472
1473		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1474		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1475		partitions is 15.
1476
1477 80 char	Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
1478		  0 = /dev/at200	Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
1479
1480 80 block	I2O hard disk
1481		  0 = /dev/i2o/hda	First I2O hard disk, whole disk
1482		 16 = /dev/i2o/hdb	Second I2O hard disk, whole disk
1483		    ...
1484		240 = /dev/i2o/hdp	16th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1485
1486		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1487		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1488		partitions is 15.
1489
1490 81 char	video4linux
1491		  0 = /dev/video0	Video capture/overlay device
1492		    ...
1493		 63 = /dev/video63	Video capture/overlay device
1494		 64 = /dev/radio0	Radio device
1495		    ...
1496		127 = /dev/radio63	Radio device
1497		128 = /dev/swradio0	Software Defined Radio device
1498		    ...
1499		191 = /dev/swradio63	Software Defined Radio device
1500		224 = /dev/vbi0		Vertical blank interrupt
1501		    ...
1502		255 = /dev/vbi31	Vertical blank interrupt
1503
1504		Minor numbers are allocated dynamically unless
1505		CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES (default n)
1506		configuration option is set.
1507
1508 81 block	I2O hard disk
1509		  0 = /dev/i2o/hdq	17th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1510		 16 = /dev/i2o/hdr	18th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1511		    ...
1512		240 = /dev/i2o/hdaf	32nd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1513
1514		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1515		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1516		partitions is 15.
1517
1518 82 char	WiNRADiO communications receiver card
1519		  0 = /dev/winradio0	First WiNRADiO card
1520		  1 = /dev/winradio1	Second WiNRADiO card
1521		    ...
1522
1523		The driver and documentation may be obtained from
1524		http://www.winradio.com/
1525
1526 82 block	I2O hard disk
1527		  0 = /dev/i2o/hdag	33rd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1528		 16 = /dev/i2o/hdah	34th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1529		    ...
1530		240 = /dev/i2o/hdav	48th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1531
1532		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1533		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1534		partitions is 15.
1535
1536 83 char	Matrox mga_vid video driver
1537 		 0 = /dev/mga_vid0	1st video card
1538		 1 = /dev/mga_vid1	2nd video card
1539		 2 = /dev/mga_vid2	3rd video card
1540		  ...
1541	        15 = /dev/mga_vid15	16th video card
1542
1543 83 block	I2O hard disk
1544		  0 = /dev/i2o/hdaw	49th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1545		 16 = /dev/i2o/hdax	50th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1546		    ...
1547		240 = /dev/i2o/hdbl	64th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1548
1549		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1550		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1551		partitions is 15.
1552
1553 84 char	Ikon 1011[57] Versatec Greensheet Interface
1554		  0 = /dev/ihcp0	First Greensheet port
1555		  1 = /dev/ihcp1	Second Greensheet port
1556
1557 84 block	I2O hard disk
1558		  0 = /dev/i2o/hdbm	65th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1559		 16 = /dev/i2o/hdbn	66th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1560		    ...
1561		240 = /dev/i2o/hdcb	80th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1562
1563		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1564		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1565		partitions is 15.
1566
1567 85 char	Linux/SGI shared memory input queue
1568		  0 = /dev/shmiq	Master shared input queue
1569		  1 = /dev/qcntl0	First device pushed
1570		  2 = /dev/qcntl1	Second device pushed
1571		    ...
1572
1573 85 block	I2O hard disk
1574		  0 = /dev/i2o/hdcc	81st I2O hard disk, whole disk
1575		 16 = /dev/i2o/hdcd	82nd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1576		    ...
1577		240 = /dev/i2o/hdcr	96th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1578
1579		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1580		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1581		partitions is 15.
1582
1583 86 char	SCSI media changer
1584		  0 = /dev/sch0		First SCSI media changer
1585		  1 = /dev/sch1		Second SCSI media changer
1586		    ...
1587
1588 86 block	I2O hard disk
1589		  0 = /dev/i2o/hdcs	97th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1590		 16 = /dev/i2o/hdct	98th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1591		    ...
1592		240 = /dev/i2o/hddh	112th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1593
1594		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1595		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1596		partitions is 15.
1597
1598 87 char	Sony Control-A1 stereo control bus
1599		  0 = /dev/controla0	First device on chain
1600		  1 = /dev/controla1	Second device on chain
1601		    ...
1602
1603 87 block	I2O hard disk
1604		  0 = /dev/i2o/hddi	113rd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1605		 16 = /dev/i2o/hddj	114th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1606		    ...
1607		240 = /dev/i2o/hddx	128th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1608
1609		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1610		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1611		partitions is 15.
1612
1613 88 char	COMX synchronous serial card
1614		  0 = /dev/comx0	COMX channel 0
1615		  1 = /dev/comx1	COMX channel 1
1616		    ...
1617
1618 88 block	Seventh IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1619		  0 = /dev/hdm		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1620		 64 = /dev/hdn		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1621
1622		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1623		interface (see major number 3).
1624
1625 89 char	I2C bus interface
1626		  0 = /dev/i2c-0	First I2C adapter
1627		  1 = /dev/i2c-1	Second I2C adapter
1628		    ...
1629
1630 89 block	Eighth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1631		  0 = /dev/hdo		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1632		 64 = /dev/hdp		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1633
1634		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1635		interface (see major number 3).
1636
1637 90 char	Memory Technology Device (RAM, ROM, Flash)
1638		  0 = /dev/mtd0		First MTD (rw)
1639		  1 = /dev/mtdr0	First MTD (ro)
1640		    ...
1641		 30 = /dev/mtd15	16th MTD (rw)
1642		 31 = /dev/mtdr15	16th MTD (ro)
1643
1644 90 block	Ninth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1645		  0 = /dev/hdq		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1646		 64 = /dev/hdr		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1647
1648		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1649		interface (see major number 3).
1650
1651 91 char	CAN-Bus devices
1652		  0 = /dev/can0		First CAN-Bus controller
1653		  1 = /dev/can1		Second CAN-Bus controller
1654		    ...
1655
1656 91 block	Tenth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1657		  0 = /dev/hds		Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1658		 64 = /dev/hdt		Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1659
1660		Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1661		interface (see major number 3).
1662
1663 92 char	Reserved for ith Kommunikationstechnik MIC ISDN card
1664
1665 92 block	PPDD encrypted disk driver
1666		  0 = /dev/ppdd0	First encrypted disk
1667		  1 = /dev/ppdd1	Second encrypted disk
1668		    ...
1669
1670		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1671		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1672		partitions is 15.
1673
1674 93 char
1675
1676 93 block	NAND Flash Translation Layer filesystem
1677		  0 = /dev/nftla	First NFTL layer
1678		 16 = /dev/nftlb	Second NFTL layer
1679		    ...
1680		240 = /dev/nftlp	16th NTFL layer
1681
1682 94 char
1683
1684 94 block	IBM S/390 DASD block storage
1685    		  0 = /dev/dasda First DASD device, major
1686    		  1 = /dev/dasda1 First DASD device, block 1
1687	    	  2 = /dev/dasda2 First DASD device, block 2
1688    		  3 = /dev/dasda3 First DASD device, block 3
1689    		  4 = /dev/dasdb Second DASD device, major
1690    		  5 = /dev/dasdb1 Second DASD device, block 1
1691    		  6 = /dev/dasdb2 Second DASD device, block 2
1692    		  7 = /dev/dasdb3 Second DASD device, block 3
1693		    ...
1694
1695 95 char	IP filter
1696		  0 = /dev/ipl		Filter control device/log file
1697		  1 = /dev/ipnat	NAT control device/log file
1698		  2 = /dev/ipstate	State information log file
1699		  3 = /dev/ipauth	Authentication control device/log file
1700		    ...
1701
1702 96 char	Parallel port ATAPI tape devices
1703		  0 = /dev/pt0		First parallel port ATAPI tape
1704		  1 = /dev/pt1		Second parallel port ATAPI tape
1705		    ...
1706		128 = /dev/npt0		First p.p. ATAPI tape, no rewind
1707		129 = /dev/npt1		Second p.p. ATAPI tape, no rewind
1708		    ...
1709
1710 96 block	Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer
1711		  0 = /dev/inftla First INFTL layer
1712		 16 = /dev/inftlb Second INFTL layer
1713		    ...
1714		240 = /dev/inftlp	16th INTFL layer
1715
1716 97 char	Parallel port generic ATAPI interface
1717		  0 = /dev/pg0		First parallel port ATAPI device
1718		  1 = /dev/pg1		Second parallel port ATAPI device
1719		  2 = /dev/pg2		Third parallel port ATAPI device
1720		  3 = /dev/pg3		Fourth parallel port ATAPI device
1721
1722		These devices support the same API as the generic SCSI
1723		devices.
1724
1725 98 char	Control and Measurement Device (comedi)
1726		  0 = /dev/comedi0	First comedi device
1727		  1 = /dev/comedi1	Second comedi device
1728		    ...
1729
1730		See http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi.
1731
1732 98 block	User-mode virtual block device
1733		  0 = /dev/ubda		First user-mode block device
1734		 16 = /dev/udbb		Second user-mode block device
1735		    ...
1736
1737		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1738		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1739		partitions is 15.
1740
1741		This device is used by the user-mode virtual kernel port.
1742
1743 99 char	Raw parallel ports
1744		  0 = /dev/parport0	First parallel port
1745		  1 = /dev/parport1	Second parallel port
1746		    ...
1747
1748 99 block	JavaStation flash disk
1749		  0 = /dev/jsfd		JavaStation flash disk
1750
1751100 char	Telephony for Linux
1752		  0 = /dev/phone0	First telephony device
1753		  1 = /dev/phone1	Second telephony device
1754		    ...
1755
1756101 char	Motorola DSP 56xxx board
1757		  0 = /dev/mdspstat	Status information
1758		  1 = /dev/mdsp1	First DSP board I/O controls
1759		    ...
1760		 16 = /dev/mdsp16	16th DSP board I/O controls
1761
1762101 block	AMI HyperDisk RAID controller
1763		  0 = /dev/amiraid/ar0	First array whole disk
1764		 16 = /dev/amiraid/ar1	Second array whole disk
1765		    ...
1766		240 = /dev/amiraid/ar15	16th array whole disk
1767
1768		For each device, partitions are added as:
1769		  0 = /dev/amiraid/ar?	  Whole disk
1770		  1 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p1  First partition
1771		  2 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p2  Second partition
1772		    ...
1773		 15 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p15 15th partition
1774
1775102 char
1776
1777102 block	Compressed block device
1778		  0 = /dev/cbd/a	First compressed block device, whole device
1779		 16 = /dev/cbd/b	Second compressed block device, whole device
1780		    ...
1781		240 = /dev/cbd/p	16th compressed block device, whole device
1782
1783		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1784		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1785		partitions is 15.
1786
1787103 char	Arla network file system
1788		  0 = /dev/nnpfs0	First NNPFS device
1789		  1 = /dev/nnpfs1	Second NNPFS device
1790
1791		Arla is a free clone of the Andrew File System, AFS.
1792		The NNPFS device gives user mode filesystem
1793		implementations a kernel presence for caching and easy
1794		mounting.  For more information about the project,
1795		write to <arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se> or see
1796		http://www.stacken.kth.se/project/arla/
1797
1798103 block	Audit device
1799		  0 = /dev/audit	Audit device
1800
1801104 char	Flash BIOS support
1802
1803104 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, first controller
1804		  0 = /dev/cciss/c0d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1805		 16 = /dev/cciss/c0d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1806		    ...
1807		240 = /dev/cciss/c0d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1808
1809		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1810		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1811		partitions is 15.
1812
1813105 char	Comtrol VS-1000 serial controller
1814		  0 = /dev/ttyV0	First VS-1000 port
1815		  1 = /dev/ttyV1	Second VS-1000 port
1816		    ...
1817
1818105 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, second controller
1819		  0 = /dev/cciss/c1d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1820		 16 = /dev/cciss/c1d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1821		    ...
1822		240 = /dev/cciss/c1d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1823
1824		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1825		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1826		partitions is 15.
1827
1828106 char	Comtrol VS-1000 serial controller - alternate devices
1829		  0 = /dev/cuv0		First VS-1000 port
1830		  1 = /dev/cuv1		Second VS-1000 port
1831		    ...
1832
1833106 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, third controller
1834		  0 = /dev/cciss/c2d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1835		 16 = /dev/cciss/c2d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1836		    ...
1837		240 = /dev/cciss/c2d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1838
1839		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1840		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1841		partitions is 15.
1842
1843107 char	3Dfx Voodoo Graphics device
1844		  0 = /dev/3dfx		Primary 3Dfx graphics device
1845
1846107 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, fourth controller
1847		  0 = /dev/cciss/c3d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1848		 16 = /dev/cciss/c3d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1849		    ...
1850		240 = /dev/cciss/c3d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1851
1852		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1853		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1854		partitions is 15.
1855
1856108 char	Device independent PPP interface
1857		  0 = /dev/ppp		Device independent PPP interface
1858
1859108 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, fifth controller
1860		  0 = /dev/cciss/c4d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1861		 16 = /dev/cciss/c4d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1862		    ...
1863		240 = /dev/cciss/c4d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1864
1865		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1866		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1867		partitions is 15.
1868
1869109 char	Reserved for logical volume manager
1870
1871109 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, sixth controller
1872		  0 = /dev/cciss/c5d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1873		 16 = /dev/cciss/c5d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1874		    ...
1875		240 = /dev/cciss/c5d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1876
1877		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1878		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1879		partitions is 15.
1880
1881110 char	miroMEDIA Surround board
1882		  0 = /dev/srnd0	First miroMEDIA Surround board
1883		  1 = /dev/srnd1	Second miroMEDIA Surround board
1884		    ...
1885
1886110 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, seventh controller
1887		  0 = /dev/cciss/c6d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1888		 16 = /dev/cciss/c6d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1889		    ...
1890		240 = /dev/cciss/c6d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1891
1892		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1893		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1894		partitions is 15.
1895
1896111 char
1897
1898111 block	Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eighth controller
1899		  0 = /dev/cciss/c7d0	First logical drive, whole disk
1900		 16 = /dev/cciss/c7d1	Second logical drive, whole disk
1901		    ...
1902		240 = /dev/cciss/c7d15	16th logical drive, whole disk
1903
1904		Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1905		DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1906		partitions is 15.
1907
1908112 char	ISI serial card
1909		  0 = /dev/ttyM0	First ISI port
1910		  1 = /dev/ttyM1	Second ISI port
1911		    ...
1912
1913		There is currently a device-naming conflict between
1914		these and PAM multimodems (major 78).
1915
1916112 block	IBM iSeries virtual disk
1917		  0 = /dev/iseries/vda	First virtual disk, whole disk
1918		  8 = /dev/iseries/vdb	Second virtual disk, whole disk
1919		    ...
1920		200 = /dev/iseries/vdz	26th virtual disk, whole disk
1921		208 = /dev/iseries/vdaa	27th virtual disk, whole disk
1922		    ...
1923		248 = /dev/iseries/vdaf	32nd virtual disk, whole disk
1924
1925		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1926		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1927		partitions is 7.
1928
1929113 char	ISI serial card - alternate devices
1930		  0 = /dev/cum0		Callout device for ttyM0
1931		  1 = /dev/cum1		Callout device for ttyM1
1932		    ...
1933
1934113 block	IBM iSeries virtual CD-ROM
1935		  0 = /dev/iseries/vcda	First virtual CD-ROM
1936		  1 = /dev/iseries/vcdb	Second virtual CD-ROM
1937		    ...
1938
1939114 char	Picture Elements ISE board
1940		  0 = /dev/ise0		First ISE board
1941		  1 = /dev/ise1		Second ISE board
1942		    ...
1943		128 = /dev/isex0	Control node for first ISE board
1944		129 = /dev/isex1	Control node for second ISE board
1945		    ...
1946
1947		The ISE board is an embedded computer, optimized for
1948		image processing. The /dev/iseN nodes are the general
1949		I/O access to the board, the /dev/isex0 nodes command
1950		nodes used to control the board.
1951
1952114 block       IDE BIOS powered software RAID interfaces such as the
1953                Promise Fastrak
1954
1955                  0 = /dev/ataraid/d0
1956                  1 = /dev/ataraid/d0p1
1957                  2 = /dev/ataraid/d0p2
1958                  ...
1959                 16 = /dev/ataraid/d1
1960                 17 = /dev/ataraid/d1p1
1961                 18 = /dev/ataraid/d1p2
1962                  ...
1963                255 = /dev/ataraid/d15p15
1964
1965		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1966		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1967		partitions is 15.
1968
1969115 char	TI link cable devices (115 was formerly the console driver speaker)
1970		  0 = /dev/tipar0    Parallel cable on first parallel port
1971		  ...
1972		  7 = /dev/tipar7    Parallel cable on seventh parallel port
1973
1974		  8 = /dev/tiser0    Serial cable on first serial port
1975		  ...
1976		 15 = /dev/tiser7    Serial cable on seventh serial port
1977
1978		 16 = /dev/tiusb0    First USB cable
1979		  ...
1980		 47 = /dev/tiusb31   32nd USB cable
1981
1982115 block       NetWare (NWFS) Devices (0-255)
1983
1984                The NWFS (NetWare) devices are used to present a
1985                collection of NetWare Mirror Groups or NetWare
1986                Partitions as a logical storage segment for
1987                use in mounting NetWare volumes.  A maximum of
1988                256 NetWare volumes can be supported in a single
1989                machine.
1990
1991                http://cgfa.telepac.pt/ftp2/kernel.org/linux/kernel/people/jmerkey/nwfs/
1992
1993                0 = /dev/nwfs/v0    First NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1994                1 = /dev/nwfs/v1    Second NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1995                2 = /dev/nwfs/v2    Third NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1996                      ...
1997                255 = /dev/nwfs/v255    Last NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1998
1999116 char	Advanced Linux Sound Driver (ALSA)
2000
2001116 block       MicroMemory battery backed RAM adapter (NVRAM)
2002                Supports 16 boards, 15 partitions each.
2003                Requested by neilb at cse.unsw.edu.au.
2004
2005		 0 = /dev/umem/d0      Whole of first board
2006		 1 = /dev/umem/d0p1    First partition of first board
2007		 2 = /dev/umem/d0p2    Second partition of first board
2008		15 = /dev/umem/d0p15   15th partition of first board
2009
2010		16 = /dev/umem/d1      Whole of second board
2011		17 = /dev/umem/d1p1    First partition of second board
2012		    ...
2013		255= /dev/umem/d15p15  15th partition of 16th board.
2014
2015117 char	COSA/SRP synchronous serial card
2016		  0 = /dev/cosa0c0	1st board, 1st channel
2017		  1 = /dev/cosa0c1	1st board, 2nd channel
2018		    ...
2019		 16 = /dev/cosa1c0	2nd board, 1st channel
2020		 17 = /dev/cosa1c1	2nd board, 2nd channel
2021		    ...
2022
2023117 block       Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS)
2024
2025                The EVMS driver uses a layered, plug-in model to provide
2026                unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing
2027                storage.  This allows for easy expansion or customization
2028                of various levels of volume management.  Requested by
2029                Mark Peloquin (peloquin at us.ibm.com).
2030
2031                Note: EVMS populates and manages all the devnodes in
2032                /dev/evms.
2033
2034                http://sf.net/projects/evms
2035
2036                  0 = /dev/evms/block_device   EVMS block device
2037                  1 = /dev/evms/legacyname1    First EVMS legacy device
2038                  2 = /dev/evms/legacyname2    Second EVMS legacy device
2039                    ...
2040                    Both ranges can grow (down or up) until they meet.
2041                    ...
2042                254 = /dev/evms/EVMSname2      Second EVMS native device
2043                255 = /dev/evms/EVMSname1      First EVMS native device
2044
2045                Note: legacyname(s) are derived from the normal legacy
2046                device names.  For example, /dev/hda5 would become
2047                /dev/evms/hda5.
2048
2049118 char	IBM Cryptographic Accelerator
2050		  0 = /dev/ica	Virtual interface to all IBM Crypto Accelerators
2051		  1 = /dev/ica0	IBMCA Device 0
2052		  2 = /dev/ica1	IBMCA Device 1
2053		    ...
2054
2055119 char	VMware virtual network control
2056		  0 = /dev/vnet0	1st virtual network
2057		  1 = /dev/vnet1	2nd virtual network
2058		    ...
2059
2060120-127 char	LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
2061
2062120-127 block	LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
2063		Allocated for local/experimental use.  For devices not
2064		assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
2065		used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
2066
2067128-135 char	Unix98 PTY masters
2068
2069		These devices should not have corresponding device
2070		nodes; instead they should be accessed through the
2071		/dev/ptmx cloning interface.
2072
2073128 block       SCSI disk devices (128-143)
2074                  0 = /dev/sddy         129th SCSI disk whole disk
2075                 16 = /dev/sddz         130th SCSI disk whole disk
2076                 32 = /dev/sdea         131th SCSI disk whole disk
2077                    ...
2078                240 = /dev/sden         144th SCSI disk whole disk
2079
2080		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2081		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2082		partitions is 15.
2083
2084129 block       SCSI disk devices (144-159)
2085                  0 = /dev/sdeo         145th SCSI disk whole disk
2086                 16 = /dev/sdep         146th SCSI disk whole disk
2087                 32 = /dev/sdeq         147th SCSI disk whole disk
2088                    ...
2089                240 = /dev/sdfd         160th SCSI disk whole disk
2090
2091		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2092		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2093		partitions is 15.
2094
2095130 char 	(Misc devices)
2096
2097130 block       SCSI disk devices (160-175)
2098                  0 = /dev/sdfe         161st SCSI disk whole disk
2099                 16 = /dev/sdff         162nd SCSI disk whole disk
2100                 32 = /dev/sdfg         163rd SCSI disk whole disk
2101                    ...
2102                240 = /dev/sdft         176th SCSI disk whole disk
2103
2104		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2105		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2106		partitions is 15.
2107
2108131 block       SCSI disk devices (176-191)
2109                  0 = /dev/sdfu         177th SCSI disk whole disk
2110                 16 = /dev/sdfv         178th SCSI disk whole disk
2111                 32 = /dev/sdfw         179th SCSI disk whole disk
2112                    ...
2113                240 = /dev/sdgj         192nd SCSI disk whole disk
2114
2115		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2116		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2117		partitions is 15.
2118
2119132 block       SCSI disk devices (192-207)
2120                  0 = /dev/sdgk         193rd SCSI disk whole disk
2121                 16 = /dev/sdgl         194th SCSI disk whole disk
2122                 32 = /dev/sdgm         195th SCSI disk whole disk
2123                    ...
2124                240 = /dev/sdgz         208th SCSI disk whole disk
2125
2126		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2127		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2128		partitions is 15.
2129
2130133 block       SCSI disk devices (208-223)
2131                  0 = /dev/sdha         209th SCSI disk whole disk
2132                 16 = /dev/sdhb         210th SCSI disk whole disk
2133                 32 = /dev/sdhc         211th SCSI disk whole disk
2134                    ...
2135                240 = /dev/sdhp         224th SCSI disk whole disk
2136
2137		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2138		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2139		partitions is 15.
2140
2141134 block       SCSI disk devices (224-239)
2142                  0 = /dev/sdhq         225th SCSI disk whole disk
2143                 16 = /dev/sdhr         226th SCSI disk whole disk
2144                 32 = /dev/sdhs         227th SCSI disk whole disk
2145                    ...
2146                240 = /dev/sdif         240th SCSI disk whole disk
2147
2148		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2149		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2150		partitions is 15.
2151
2152135 block       SCSI disk devices (240-255)
2153                  0 = /dev/sdig         241st SCSI disk whole disk
2154                 16 = /dev/sdih         242nd SCSI disk whole disk
2155                 32 = /dev/sdih         243rd SCSI disk whole disk
2156                    ...
2157                240 = /dev/sdiv         256th SCSI disk whole disk
2158
2159		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2160		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2161		partitions is 15.
2162
2163136-143 char	Unix98 PTY slaves
2164		  0 = /dev/pts/0	First Unix98 pseudo-TTY
2165		  1 = /dev/pts/1	Second Unix98 pseudo-TTY
2166		    ...
2167
2168		These device nodes are automatically generated with
2169		the proper permissions and modes by mounting the
2170		devpts filesystem onto /dev/pts with the appropriate
2171		mount options (distribution dependent, however, on
2172		*most* distributions the appropriate options are
2173		"mode=0620,gid=<gid of the "tty" group>".)
2174
2175136 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; ninth controller
2176		  0 = /dev/rd/c8d0	First disk, whole disk
2177		  8 = /dev/rd/c8d1	Second disk, whole disk
2178		    ...
2179		248 = /dev/rd/c8d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2180
2181		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2182
2183137 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; tenth controller
2184		  0 = /dev/rd/c9d0	First disk, whole disk
2185		  8 = /dev/rd/c9d1	Second disk, whole disk
2186		    ...
2187		248 = /dev/rd/c9d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2188
2189		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2190
2191138 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eleventh controller
2192		  0 = /dev/rd/c10d0	First disk, whole disk
2193		  8 = /dev/rd/c10d1	Second disk, whole disk
2194		    ...
2195		248 = /dev/rd/c10d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2196
2197		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2198
2199139 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; twelfth controller
2200		  0 = /dev/rd/c11d0	First disk, whole disk
2201		  8 = /dev/rd/c11d1	Second disk, whole disk
2202		    ...
2203		248 = /dev/rd/c11d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2204
2205		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2206
2207140 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; thirteenth controller
2208		  0 = /dev/rd/c12d0	First disk, whole disk
2209		  8 = /dev/rd/c12d1	Second disk, whole disk
2210		    ...
2211		248 = /dev/rd/c12d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2212
2213		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2214
2215141 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fourteenth controller
2216		  0 = /dev/rd/c13d0	First disk, whole disk
2217		  8 = /dev/rd/c13d1	Second disk, whole disk
2218		    ...
2219		248 = /dev/rd/c13d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2220
2221		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2222
2223142 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fifteenth controller
2224		  0 = /dev/rd/c14d0	First disk, whole disk
2225		  8 = /dev/rd/c14d1	Second disk, whole disk
2226		    ...
2227		248 = /dev/rd/c14d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2228
2229		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2230
2231143 block	Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; sixteenth controller
2232		  0 = /dev/rd/c15d0	First disk, whole disk
2233		  8 = /dev/rd/c15d1	Second disk, whole disk
2234		    ...
2235		248 = /dev/rd/c15d31	32nd disk, whole disk
2236
2237		Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2238
2239144 char	Encapsulated PPP
2240		  0 = /dev/pppox0	First PPP over Ethernet
2241		    ...
2242		 63 = /dev/pppox63	64th PPP over Ethernet
2243
2244		This is primarily used for ADSL.
2245
2246		The SST 5136-DN DeviceNet interface driver has been
2247		relocated to major 183 due to an unfortunate conflict.
2248
2249144 block	Expansion Area #1 for more non-device (e.g. NFS) mounts
2250		  0 = mounted device 256
2251		255 = mounted device 511
2252
2253145 char	SAM9407-based soundcard
2254		  0 = /dev/sam0_mixer
2255		  1 = /dev/sam0_sequencer
2256		  2 = /dev/sam0_midi00
2257		  3 = /dev/sam0_dsp
2258		  4 = /dev/sam0_audio
2259		  6 = /dev/sam0_sndstat
2260		 18 = /dev/sam0_midi01
2261		 34 = /dev/sam0_midi02
2262		 50 = /dev/sam0_midi03
2263		 64 = /dev/sam1_mixer
2264		    ...
2265		128 = /dev/sam2_mixer
2266		    ...
2267		192 = /dev/sam3_mixer
2268		    ...
2269
2270		Device functions match OSS, but offer a number of
2271		addons, which are sam9407 specific.  OSS can be
2272		operated simultaneously, taking care of the codec.
2273
2274145 block	Expansion Area #2 for more non-device (e.g. NFS) mounts
2275		  0 = mounted device 512
2276		255 = mounted device 767
2277
2278146 char	SYSTRAM SCRAMNet mirrored-memory network
2279		  0 = /dev/scramnet0	First SCRAMNet device
2280		  1 = /dev/scramnet1	Second SCRAMNet device
2281		    ...
2282
2283146 block	Expansion Area #3 for more non-device (e.g. NFS) mounts
2284		  0 = mounted device 768
2285		255 = mounted device 1023
2286
2287147 char	Aureal Semiconductor Vortex Audio device
2288		  0 = /dev/aureal0	First Aureal Vortex
2289		  1 = /dev/aureal1	Second Aureal Vortex
2290		    ...
2291
2292147 block	Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD)
2293		  0 = /dev/drbd0	First DRBD device
2294		  1 = /dev/drbd1	Second DRBD device
2295		    ...
2296
2297148 char	Technology Concepts serial card
2298		  0 = /dev/ttyT0	First TCL port
2299		  1 = /dev/ttyT1	Second TCL port
2300		    ...
2301
2302149 char	Technology Concepts serial card - alternate devices
2303		  0 = /dev/cut0		Callout device for ttyT0
2304		  1 = /dev/cut0		Callout device for ttyT1
2305		    ...
2306
2307150 char	Real-Time Linux FIFOs
2308		  0 = /dev/rtf0		First RTLinux FIFO
2309		  1 = /dev/rtf1		Second RTLinux FIFO
2310		    ...
2311
2312151 char	DPT I2O SmartRaid V controller
2313		  0 = /dev/dpti0	First DPT I2O adapter
2314		  1 = /dev/dpti1	Second DPT I2O adapter
2315		    ...
2316
2317152 char	EtherDrive Control Device
2318		  0 = /dev/etherd/ctl	Connect/Disconnect an EtherDrive
2319		  1 = /dev/etherd/err	Monitor errors
2320		  2 = /dev/etherd/raw	Raw AoE packet monitor
2321
2322152 block	EtherDrive Block Devices
2323		  0 = /dev/etherd/0	EtherDrive 0
2324		    ...
2325		255 = /dev/etherd/255	EtherDrive 255
2326
2327153 char	SPI Bus Interface (sometimes referred to as MicroWire)
2328		  0 = /dev/spi0		First SPI device on the bus
2329		  1 = /dev/spi1		Second SPI device on the bus
2330		    ...
2331		 15 = /dev/spi15	Sixteenth SPI device on the bus
2332
2333153 block	Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) storage units
2334		  0 = /dev/emd/0	First unit
2335		  1 = /dev/emd/0p1	Partition 1 on First unit
2336		  2 = /dev/emd/0p2	Partition 2 on First unit
2337		    ...
2338		 15 = /dev/emd/0p15	Partition 15 on First unit
2339
2340		 16 = /dev/emd/1	Second unit
2341		 32 = /dev/emd/2	Third unit
2342		    ...
2343		240 = /dev/emd/15	Sixteenth unit
2344
2345		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2346		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2347		partitions is 15.
2348
2349154 char	Specialix RIO serial card
2350		  0 = /dev/ttySR0	First RIO port
2351		    ...
2352		255 = /dev/ttySR255	256th RIO port
2353
2354155 char	Specialix RIO serial card - alternate devices
2355		  0 = /dev/cusr0	Callout device for ttySR0
2356		    ...
2357		255 = /dev/cusr255	Callout device for ttySR255
2358
2359156 char	Specialix RIO serial card
2360		  0 = /dev/ttySR256	257th RIO port
2361		    ...
2362		255 = /dev/ttySR511	512th RIO port
2363
2364157 char	Specialix RIO serial card - alternate devices
2365		  0 = /dev/cusr256	Callout device for ttySR256
2366		    ...
2367		255 = /dev/cusr511	Callout device for ttySR511
2368
2369158 char	Dialogic GammaLink fax driver
2370		  0 = /dev/gfax0	GammaLink channel 0
2371		  1 = /dev/gfax1	GammaLink channel 1
2372		    ...
2373
2374159 char	RESERVED
2375
2376159 block	RESERVED
2377
2378160 char	General Purpose Instrument Bus (GPIB)
2379		  0 = /dev/gpib0	First GPIB bus
2380		  1 = /dev/gpib1	Second GPIB bus
2381		    ...
2382
2383160 block       Carmel 8-port SATA Disks on First Controller
2384		  0 = /dev/carmel/0     SATA disk 0 whole disk
2385		  1 = /dev/carmel/0p1   SATA disk 0 partition 1
2386		    ...
2387		 31 = /dev/carmel/0p31  SATA disk 0 partition 31
2388
2389		 32 = /dev/carmel/1     SATA disk 1 whole disk
2390		 64 = /dev/carmel/2     SATA disk 2 whole disk
2391		    ...
2392		224 = /dev/carmel/7     SATA disk 7 whole disk
2393
2394		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2395		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2396		partitions is 31.
2397
2398161 char	IrCOMM devices (IrDA serial/parallel emulation)
2399		  0 = /dev/ircomm0	First IrCOMM device
2400		  1 = /dev/ircomm1	Second IrCOMM device
2401		    ...
2402		 16 = /dev/irlpt0	First IrLPT device
2403		 17 = /dev/irlpt1	Second IrLPT device
2404		    ...
2405
2406161 block       Carmel 8-port SATA Disks on Second Controller
2407		  0 = /dev/carmel/8     SATA disk 8 whole disk
2408		  1 = /dev/carmel/8p1   SATA disk 8 partition 1
2409		    ...
2410		 31 = /dev/carmel/8p31  SATA disk 8 partition 31
2411
2412		 32 = /dev/carmel/9     SATA disk 9 whole disk
2413		 64 = /dev/carmel/10    SATA disk 10 whole disk
2414		    ...
2415		224 = /dev/carmel/15    SATA disk 15 whole disk
2416
2417		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2418		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2419		partitions is 31.
2420
2421162 char	Raw block device interface
2422		  0 = /dev/rawctl	Raw I/O control device
2423		  1 = /dev/raw/raw1	First raw I/O device
2424		  2 = /dev/raw/raw2	Second raw I/O device
2425		    ...
2426                 max minor number of raw device is set by kernel config
2427                 MAX_RAW_DEVS or raw module parameter 'max_raw_devs'
2428
2429163 char
2430
2431164 char	Chase Research AT/PCI-Fast serial card
2432		  0 = /dev/ttyCH0	AT/PCI-Fast board 0, port 0
2433		    ...
2434		 15 = /dev/ttyCH15	AT/PCI-Fast board 0, port 15
2435		 16 = /dev/ttyCH16	AT/PCI-Fast board 1, port 0
2436		    ...
2437		 31 = /dev/ttyCH31	AT/PCI-Fast board 1, port 15
2438		 32 = /dev/ttyCH32	AT/PCI-Fast board 2, port 0
2439		    ...
2440		 47 = /dev/ttyCH47	AT/PCI-Fast board 2, port 15
2441		 48 = /dev/ttyCH48	AT/PCI-Fast board 3, port 0
2442		    ...
2443		 63 = /dev/ttyCH63	AT/PCI-Fast board 3, port 15
2444
2445165 char	Chase Research AT/PCI-Fast serial card - alternate devices
2446		  0 = /dev/cuch0	Callout device for ttyCH0
2447		    ...
2448		 63 = /dev/cuch63	Callout device for ttyCH63
2449
2450166 char	ACM USB modems
2451		  0 = /dev/ttyACM0	First ACM modem
2452		  1 = /dev/ttyACM1	Second ACM modem
2453		    ...
2454
2455167 char	ACM USB modems - alternate devices
2456		  0 = /dev/cuacm0	Callout device for ttyACM0
2457		  1 = /dev/cuacm1	Callout device for ttyACM1
2458		    ...
2459
2460168 char	Eracom CSA7000 PCI encryption adaptor
2461		  0 = /dev/ecsa0	First CSA7000
2462		  1 = /dev/ecsa1	Second CSA7000
2463		    ...
2464
2465169 char	Eracom CSA8000 PCI encryption adaptor
2466		  0 = /dev/ecsa8-0	First CSA8000
2467		  1 = /dev/ecsa8-1	Second CSA8000
2468		    ...
2469
2470170 char	AMI MegaRAC remote access controller
2471		  0 = /dev/megarac0	First MegaRAC card
2472		  1 = /dev/megarac1	Second MegaRAC card
2473		    ...
2474
2475171 char	Reserved for IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
2476
2477172 char	Moxa Intellio serial card
2478		  0 = /dev/ttyMX0	First Moxa port
2479		  1 = /dev/ttyMX1	Second Moxa port
2480		    ...
2481		127 = /dev/ttyMX127	128th Moxa port
2482		128 = /dev/moxactl	Moxa control port
2483
2484173 char	Moxa Intellio serial card - alternate devices
2485		  0 = /dev/cumx0	Callout device for ttyMX0
2486		  1 = /dev/cumx1	Callout device for ttyMX1
2487		    ...
2488		127 = /dev/cumx127	Callout device for ttyMX127
2489
2490174 char	SmartIO serial card
2491		  0 = /dev/ttySI0	First SmartIO port
2492		  1 = /dev/ttySI1	Second SmartIO port
2493		    ...
2494
2495175 char	SmartIO serial card - alternate devices
2496		  0 = /dev/cusi0	Callout device for ttySI0
2497		  1 = /dev/cusi1	Callout device for ttySI1
2498		    ...
2499
2500176 char	nCipher nFast PCI crypto accelerator
2501		  0 = /dev/nfastpci0	First nFast PCI device
2502		  1 = /dev/nfastpci1	First nFast PCI device
2503		    ...
2504
2505177 char	TI PCILynx memory spaces
2506		  0 = /dev/pcilynx/aux0	 AUX space of first PCILynx card
2507		    ...
2508		 15 = /dev/pcilynx/aux15 AUX space of 16th PCILynx card
2509		 16 = /dev/pcilynx/rom0	 ROM space of first PCILynx card
2510		    ...
2511		 31 = /dev/pcilynx/rom15 ROM space of 16th PCILynx card
2512		 32 = /dev/pcilynx/ram0	 RAM space of first PCILynx card
2513		    ...
2514		 47 = /dev/pcilynx/ram15 RAM space of 16th PCILynx card
2515
2516178 char	Giganet cLAN1xxx virtual interface adapter
2517		  0 = /dev/clanvi0	First cLAN adapter
2518		  1 = /dev/clanvi1	Second cLAN adapter
2519		    ...
2520
2521179 block       MMC block devices
2522		  0 = /dev/mmcblk0      First SD/MMC card
2523		  1 = /dev/mmcblk0p1    First partition on first MMC card
2524		  8 = /dev/mmcblk1      Second SD/MMC card
2525		    ...
2526
2527		The start of next SD/MMC card can be configured with
2528		CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_MINORS, or overridden at boot/modprobe
2529		time using the mmcblk.perdev_minors option. That would
2530		bump the offset between each card to be the configured
2531		value instead of the default 8.
2532
2533179 char	CCube DVXChip-based PCI products
2534		  0 = /dev/dvxirq0	First DVX device
2535		  1 = /dev/dvxirq1	Second DVX device
2536		    ...
2537
2538180 char	USB devices
2539		  0 = /dev/usb/lp0	First USB printer
2540		    ...
2541		 15 = /dev/usb/lp15	16th USB printer
2542		 48 = /dev/usb/scanner0	First USB scanner
2543		    ...
2544		 63 = /dev/usb/scanner15 16th USB scanner
2545		 64 = /dev/usb/rio500	Diamond Rio 500
2546		 65 = /dev/usb/usblcd	USBLCD Interface (info@usblcd.de)
2547		 66 = /dev/usb/cpad0	Synaptics cPad (mouse/LCD)
2548		 96 = /dev/usb/hiddev0	1st USB HID device
2549		    ...
2550		111 = /dev/usb/hiddev15	16th USB HID device
2551		112 = /dev/usb/auer0	1st auerswald ISDN device
2552		    ...
2553		127 = /dev/usb/auer15	16th auerswald ISDN device
2554		128 = /dev/usb/brlvgr0	First Braille Voyager device
2555		    ...
2556		131 = /dev/usb/brlvgr3	Fourth Braille Voyager device
2557		132 = /dev/usb/idmouse	ID Mouse (fingerprint scanner) device
2558		133 = /dev/usb/sisusbvga1	First SiSUSB VGA device
2559		    ...
2560		140 = /dev/usb/sisusbvga8	Eighth SISUSB VGA device
2561		144 = /dev/usb/lcd	USB LCD device
2562		160 = /dev/usb/legousbtower0	1st USB Legotower device
2563		    ...
2564		175 = /dev/usb/legousbtower15	16th USB Legotower device
2565		176 = /dev/usb/usbtmc1	First USB TMC device
2566		   ...
2567		191 = /dev/usb/usbtmc16	16th USB TMC device
2568		192 = /dev/usb/yurex1	First USB Yurex device
2569		   ...
2570		209 = /dev/usb/yurex16	16th USB Yurex device
2571
2572180 block	USB block devices
2573		  0 = /dev/uba		First USB block device
2574		  8 = /dev/ubb		Second USB block device
2575		 16 = /dev/ubc		Third USB block device
2576 		    ...
2577
2578181 char	Conrad Electronic parallel port radio clocks
2579		  0 = /dev/pcfclock0	First Conrad radio clock
2580		  1 = /dev/pcfclock1	Second Conrad radio clock
2581		    ...
2582
2583182 char	Picture Elements THR2 binarizer
2584		  0 = /dev/pethr0	First THR2 board
2585		  1 = /dev/pethr1	Second THR2 board
2586		    ...
2587
2588183 char	SST 5136-DN DeviceNet interface
2589		  0 = /dev/ss5136dn0	First DeviceNet interface
2590		  1 = /dev/ss5136dn1	Second DeviceNet interface
2591		    ...
2592
2593		This device used to be assigned to major number 144.
2594		It had to be moved due to an unfortunate conflict.
2595
2596184 char	Picture Elements' video simulator/sender
2597		  0 = /dev/pevss0	First sender board
2598		  1 = /dev/pevss1	Second sender board
2599		    ...
2600
2601185 char	InterMezzo high availability file system
2602		  0 = /dev/intermezzo0	First cache manager
2603		  1 = /dev/intermezzo1	Second cache manager
2604		    ...
2605
2606		See http://web.archive.org/web/20080115195241/
2607		http://inter-mezzo.org/index.html
2608
2609186 char	Object-based storage control device
2610		  0 = /dev/obd0		First obd control device
2611		  1 = /dev/obd1		Second obd control device
2612		    ...
2613
2614		See ftp://ftp.lustre.org/pub/obd for code and information.
2615
2616187 char	DESkey hardware encryption device
2617		  0 = /dev/deskey0	First DES key
2618		  1 = /dev/deskey1	Second DES key
2619		    ...
2620
2621188 char	USB serial converters
2622		  0 = /dev/ttyUSB0	First USB serial converter
2623		  1 = /dev/ttyUSB1	Second USB serial converter
2624		    ...
2625
2626189 char	USB serial converters - alternate devices
2627		  0 = /dev/cuusb0	Callout device for ttyUSB0
2628		  1 = /dev/cuusb1	Callout device for ttyUSB1
2629		    ...
2630
2631190 char	Kansas City tracker/tuner card
2632		  0 = /dev/kctt0	First KCT/T card
2633		  1 = /dev/kctt1	Second KCT/T card
2634		    ...
2635
2636191 char	Reserved for PCMCIA
2637
2638192 char	Kernel profiling interface
2639		  0 = /dev/profile	Profiling control device
2640		  1 = /dev/profile0	Profiling device for CPU 0
2641		  2 = /dev/profile1	Profiling device for CPU 1
2642		    ...
2643
2644193 char	Kernel event-tracing interface
2645		  0 = /dev/trace	Tracing control device
2646		  1 = /dev/trace0	Tracing device for CPU 0
2647		  2 = /dev/trace1	Tracing device for CPU 1
2648		    ...
2649
2650194 char	linVideoStreams (LINVS)
2651		  0 = /dev/mvideo/status0	Video compression status
2652		  1 = /dev/mvideo/stream0	Video stream
2653		  2 = /dev/mvideo/frame0	Single compressed frame
2654		  3 = /dev/mvideo/rawframe0	Raw uncompressed frame
2655		  4 = /dev/mvideo/codec0	Direct codec access
2656		  5 = /dev/mvideo/video4linux0	Video4Linux compatibility
2657
2658		 16 = /dev/mvideo/status1	Second device
2659		    ...
2660		 32 = /dev/mvideo/status2	Third device
2661		    ...
2662		    ...
2663		240 = /dev/mvideo/status15	16th device
2664		    ...
2665
2666195 char	Nvidia graphics devices
2667		  0 = /dev/nvidia0		First Nvidia card
2668		  1 = /dev/nvidia1		Second Nvidia card
2669		    ...
2670		255 = /dev/nvidiactl		Nvidia card control device
2671
2672196 char	Tormenta T1 card
2673		  0 = /dev/tor/0		Master control channel for all cards
2674		  1 = /dev/tor/1		First DS0
2675		  2 = /dev/tor/2		Second DS0
2676		    ...
2677		 48 = /dev/tor/48		48th DS0
2678		 49 = /dev/tor/49		First pseudo-channel
2679		 50 = /dev/tor/50		Second pseudo-channel
2680		    ...
2681
2682197 char	OpenTNF tracing facility
2683		  0 = /dev/tnf/t0		Trace 0 data extraction
2684		  1 = /dev/tnf/t1		Trace 1 data extraction
2685		    ...
2686		128 = /dev/tnf/status		Tracing facility status
2687		130 = /dev/tnf/trace		Tracing device
2688
2689198 char	Total Impact TPMP2 quad coprocessor PCI card
2690		  0 = /dev/tpmp2/0		First card
2691		  1 = /dev/tpmp2/1		Second card
2692		    ...
2693
2694199 char	Veritas volume manager (VxVM) volumes
2695		  0 = /dev/vx/rdsk/*/*		First volume
2696		  1 = /dev/vx/rdsk/*/*		Second volume
2697		    ...
2698
2699199 block	Veritas volume manager (VxVM) volumes
2700		  0 = /dev/vx/dsk/*/*		First volume
2701		  1 = /dev/vx/dsk/*/*		Second volume
2702		    ...
2703
2704		The namespace in these directories is maintained by
2705		the user space VxVM software.
2706
2707200 char	Veritas VxVM configuration interface
2708                  0 = /dev/vx/config		Configuration access node
2709                  1 = /dev/vx/trace		Volume i/o trace access node
2710                  2 = /dev/vx/iod		Volume i/o daemon access node
2711                  3 = /dev/vx/info		Volume information access node
2712                  4 = /dev/vx/task		Volume tasks access node
2713                  5 = /dev/vx/taskmon		Volume tasks monitor daemon
2714
2715201 char	Veritas VxVM dynamic multipathing driver
2716		  0 = /dev/vx/rdmp/*		First multipath device
2717		  1 = /dev/vx/rdmp/*		Second multipath device
2718		    ...
2719201 block	Veritas VxVM dynamic multipathing driver
2720		  0 = /dev/vx/dmp/*		First multipath device
2721		  1 = /dev/vx/dmp/*		Second multipath device
2722		    ...
2723
2724		The namespace in these directories is maintained by
2725		the user space VxVM software.
2726
2727202 char	CPU model-specific registers
2728		  0 = /dev/cpu/0/msr		MSRs on CPU 0
2729		  1 = /dev/cpu/1/msr		MSRs on CPU 1
2730		    ...
2731
2732202 block	Xen Virtual Block Device
2733		  0 = /dev/xvda       First Xen VBD whole disk
2734		  16 = /dev/xvdb      Second Xen VBD whole disk
2735		  32 = /dev/xvdc      Third Xen VBD whole disk
2736		    ...
2737		  240 = /dev/xvdp     Sixteenth Xen VBD whole disk
2738
2739                Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2740                disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2741                partitions is 15.
2742
2743203 char	CPU CPUID information
2744		  0 = /dev/cpu/0/cpuid		CPUID on CPU 0
2745		  1 = /dev/cpu/1/cpuid		CPUID on CPU 1
2746		    ...
2747
2748204 char	Low-density serial ports
2749		  0 = /dev/ttyLU0		LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 0
2750		  1 = /dev/ttyLU1		LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 1
2751		  2 = /dev/ttyLU2		LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 2
2752		  3 = /dev/ttyLU3		LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 3
2753		  4 = /dev/ttyFB0		Intel Footbridge (ARM)
2754		  5 = /dev/ttySA0		StrongARM builtin serial port 0
2755		  6 = /dev/ttySA1		StrongARM builtin serial port 1
2756		  7 = /dev/ttySA2		StrongARM builtin serial port 2
2757		  8 = /dev/ttySC0		SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 0
2758		  9 = /dev/ttySC1		SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 1
2759		 10 = /dev/ttySC2		SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 2
2760		 11 = /dev/ttySC3		SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 3
2761		 12 = /dev/ttyFW0		Firmware console - port 0
2762		 13 = /dev/ttyFW1		Firmware console - port 1
2763		 14 = /dev/ttyFW2		Firmware console - port 2
2764		 15 = /dev/ttyFW3		Firmware console - port 3
2765		 16 = /dev/ttyAM0		ARM "AMBA" serial port 0
2766		    ...
2767		 31 = /dev/ttyAM15		ARM "AMBA" serial port 15
2768		 32 = /dev/ttyDB0		DataBooster serial port 0
2769		    ...
2770		 39 = /dev/ttyDB7		DataBooster serial port 7
2771		 40 = /dev/ttySG0		SGI Altix console port
2772		 41 = /dev/ttySMX0		Motorola i.MX - port 0
2773		 42 = /dev/ttySMX1		Motorola i.MX - port 1
2774		 43 = /dev/ttySMX2		Motorola i.MX - port 2
2775		 44 = /dev/ttyMM0		Marvell MPSC - port 0
2776		 45 = /dev/ttyMM1		Marvell MPSC - port 1
2777		 46 = /dev/ttyCPM0		PPC CPM (SCC or SMC) - port 0
2778		    ...
2779		 47 = /dev/ttyCPM5		PPC CPM (SCC or SMC) - port 5
2780		 50 = /dev/ttyIOC0		Altix serial card
2781		    ...
2782		 81 = /dev/ttyIOC31		Altix serial card
2783		 82 = /dev/ttyVR0		NEC VR4100 series SIU
2784		 83 = /dev/ttyVR1		NEC VR4100 series DSIU
2785		 84 = /dev/ttyIOC84		Altix ioc4 serial card
2786		    ...
2787		 115 = /dev/ttyIOC115		Altix ioc4 serial card
2788		 116 = /dev/ttySIOC0		Altix ioc3 serial card
2789		    ...
2790		 147 = /dev/ttySIOC31		Altix ioc3 serial card
2791		 148 = /dev/ttyPSC0		PPC PSC - port 0
2792		    ...
2793		 153 = /dev/ttyPSC5		PPC PSC - port 5
2794		 154 = /dev/ttyAT0		ATMEL serial port 0
2795		    ...
2796		 169 = /dev/ttyAT15		ATMEL serial port 15
2797		 170 = /dev/ttyNX0		Hilscher netX serial port 0
2798		    ...
2799		 185 = /dev/ttyNX15		Hilscher netX serial port 15
2800		 186 = /dev/ttyJ0		JTAG1 DCC protocol based serial port emulation
2801		 187 = /dev/ttyUL0		Xilinx uartlite - port 0
2802		    ...
2803		 190 = /dev/ttyUL3		Xilinx uartlite - port 3
2804		 191 = /dev/xvc0		Xen virtual console - port 0
2805		 192 = /dev/ttyPZ0		pmac_zilog - port 0
2806		    ...
2807		 195 = /dev/ttyPZ3		pmac_zilog - port 3
2808		 196 = /dev/ttyTX0		TX39/49 serial port 0
2809		    ...
2810		 204 = /dev/ttyTX7		TX39/49 serial port 7
2811		 205 = /dev/ttySC0		SC26xx serial port 0
2812		 206 = /dev/ttySC1		SC26xx serial port 1
2813		 207 = /dev/ttySC2		SC26xx serial port 2
2814		 208 = /dev/ttySC3		SC26xx serial port 3
2815		 209 = /dev/ttyMAX0		MAX3100 serial port 0
2816		 210 = /dev/ttyMAX1		MAX3100 serial port 1
2817		 211 = /dev/ttyMAX2		MAX3100 serial port 2
2818		 212 = /dev/ttyMAX3		MAX3100 serial port 3
2819
2820205 char	Low-density serial ports (alternate device)
2821		  0 = /dev/culu0		Callout device for ttyLU0
2822		  1 = /dev/culu1		Callout device for ttyLU1
2823		  2 = /dev/culu2		Callout device for ttyLU2
2824		  3 = /dev/culu3		Callout device for ttyLU3
2825		  4 = /dev/cufb0		Callout device for ttyFB0
2826		  5 = /dev/cusa0		Callout device for ttySA0
2827		  6 = /dev/cusa1		Callout device for ttySA1
2828		  7 = /dev/cusa2		Callout device for ttySA2
2829		  8 = /dev/cusc0		Callout device for ttySC0
2830		  9 = /dev/cusc1		Callout device for ttySC1
2831		 10 = /dev/cusc2		Callout device for ttySC2
2832		 11 = /dev/cusc3		Callout device for ttySC3
2833		 12 = /dev/cufw0		Callout device for ttyFW0
2834		 13 = /dev/cufw1		Callout device for ttyFW1
2835		 14 = /dev/cufw2		Callout device for ttyFW2
2836		 15 = /dev/cufw3		Callout device for ttyFW3
2837		 16 = /dev/cuam0		Callout device for ttyAM0
2838		    ...
2839		 31 = /dev/cuam15		Callout device for ttyAM15
2840		 32 = /dev/cudb0		Callout device for ttyDB0
2841		    ...
2842		 39 = /dev/cudb7		Callout device for ttyDB7
2843		 40 = /dev/cusg0		Callout device for ttySG0
2844		 41 = /dev/ttycusmx0		Callout device for ttySMX0
2845		 42 = /dev/ttycusmx1		Callout device for ttySMX1
2846		 43 = /dev/ttycusmx2		Callout device for ttySMX2
2847		 46 = /dev/cucpm0		Callout device for ttyCPM0
2848		    ...
2849		 49 = /dev/cucpm5		Callout device for ttyCPM5
2850		 50 = /dev/cuioc40		Callout device for ttyIOC40
2851		    ...
2852		 81 = /dev/cuioc431		Callout device for ttyIOC431
2853		 82 = /dev/cuvr0		Callout device for ttyVR0
2854		 83 = /dev/cuvr1		Callout device for ttyVR1
2855
2856206 char	OnStream SC-x0 tape devices
2857		  0 = /dev/osst0		First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0
2858		  1 = /dev/osst1		Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0
2859		    ...
2860		 32 = /dev/osst0l		First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 1
2861		 33 = /dev/osst1l		Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 1
2862		    ...
2863		 64 = /dev/osst0m		First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 2
2864		 65 = /dev/osst1m		Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 2
2865		    ...
2866		 96 = /dev/osst0a		First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 3
2867		 97 = /dev/osst1a		Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 3
2868		    ...
2869		128 = /dev/nosst0		No rewind version of /dev/osst0
2870		129 = /dev/nosst1		No rewind version of /dev/osst1
2871		    ...
2872		160 = /dev/nosst0l		No rewind version of /dev/osst0l
2873		161 = /dev/nosst1l		No rewind version of /dev/osst1l
2874		    ...
2875		192 = /dev/nosst0m		No rewind version of /dev/osst0m
2876		193 = /dev/nosst1m		No rewind version of /dev/osst1m
2877		    ...
2878		224 = /dev/nosst0a		No rewind version of /dev/osst0a
2879		225 = /dev/nosst1a		No rewind version of /dev/osst1a
2880		    ...
2881
2882		The OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tapes do not support the
2883		standard SCSI SASD command set and therefore need
2884		their own driver "osst". Note that the IDE, USB (and
2885		maybe ParPort) versions may be driven via ide-scsi or
2886		usb-storage SCSI emulation and this osst device and
2887		driver as well.  The ADR-x0 drives are QIC-157
2888		compliant and don't need osst.
2889
2890207 char	Compaq ProLiant health feature indicate
2891		  0 = /dev/cpqhealth/cpqw	Redirector interface
2892		  1 = /dev/cpqhealth/crom	EISA CROM
2893		  2 = /dev/cpqhealth/cdt	Data Table
2894		  3 = /dev/cpqhealth/cevt	Event Log
2895		  4 = /dev/cpqhealth/casr	Automatic Server Recovery
2896		  5 = /dev/cpqhealth/cecc	ECC Memory
2897		  6 = /dev/cpqhealth/cmca	Machine Check Architecture
2898		  7 = /dev/cpqhealth/ccsm	Deprecated CDT
2899		  8 = /dev/cpqhealth/cnmi	NMI Handling
2900		  9 = /dev/cpqhealth/css	Sideshow Management
2901		 10 = /dev/cpqhealth/cram	CMOS interface
2902		 11 = /dev/cpqhealth/cpci	PCI IRQ interface
2903
2904208 char	User space serial ports
2905		  0 = /dev/ttyU0		First user space serial port
2906		  1 = /dev/ttyU1		Second user space serial port
2907		    ...
2908
2909209 char	User space serial ports (alternate devices)
2910		  0 = /dev/cuu0			Callout device for ttyU0
2911		  1 = /dev/cuu1			Callout device for ttyU1
2912		    ...
2913
2914210 char	SBE, Inc. sync/async serial card
2915		  0 = /dev/sbei/wxcfg0		Configuration device for board 0
2916		  1 = /dev/sbei/dld0		Download device for board 0
2917		  2 = /dev/sbei/wan00		WAN device, port 0, board 0
2918		  3 = /dev/sbei/wan01		WAN device, port 1, board 0
2919		  4 = /dev/sbei/wan02		WAN device, port 2, board 0
2920		  5 = /dev/sbei/wan03		WAN device, port 3, board 0
2921		  6 = /dev/sbei/wanc00		WAN clone device, port 0, board 0
2922		  7 = /dev/sbei/wanc01		WAN clone device, port 1, board 0
2923		  8 = /dev/sbei/wanc02		WAN clone device, port 2, board 0
2924		  9 = /dev/sbei/wanc03		WAN clone device, port 3, board 0
2925		 10 = /dev/sbei/wxcfg1		Configuration device for board 1
2926		 11 = /dev/sbei/dld1		Download device for board 1
2927		 12 = /dev/sbei/wan10		WAN device, port 0, board 1
2928		 13 = /dev/sbei/wan11		WAN device, port 1, board 1
2929		 14 = /dev/sbei/wan12		WAN device, port 2, board 1
2930		 15 = /dev/sbei/wan13		WAN device, port 3, board 1
2931		 16 = /dev/sbei/wanc10		WAN clone device, port 0, board 1
2932		 17 = /dev/sbei/wanc11		WAN clone device, port 1, board 1
2933		 18 = /dev/sbei/wanc12		WAN clone device, port 2, board 1
2934		 19 = /dev/sbei/wanc13		WAN clone device, port 3, board 1
2935		    ...
2936
2937		Yes, each board is really spaced 10 (decimal) apart.
2938
2939211 char	Addinum CPCI1500 digital I/O card
2940		  0 = /dev/addinum/cpci1500/0	First CPCI1500 card
2941		  1 = /dev/addinum/cpci1500/1	Second CPCI1500 card
2942		    ...
2943
2944212 char	LinuxTV.org DVB driver subsystem
2945		  0 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/video0    first video decoder of first card
2946		  1 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0    first audio decoder of first card
2947		  2 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/sec0      (obsolete/unused)
2948		  3 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 first frontend device of first card
2949		  4 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0    first demux device of first card
2950		  5 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0      first digital video recoder device of first card
2951		  6 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/ca0       first common access port of first card
2952		  7 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0      first network device of first card
2953		  8 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/osd0      first on-screen-display device of first card
2954		  9 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/video1    second video decoder of first card
2955		    ...
2956		 64 = /dev/dvb/adapter1/video0    first video decoder of second card
2957		    ...
2958		128 = /dev/dvb/adapter2/video0    first video decoder of third card
2959		    ...
2960		196 = /dev/dvb/adapter3/video0    first video decoder of fourth card
2961
2962216 char	Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY devices
2963		  0 = /dev/rfcomm0		First Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY device
2964		  1 = /dev/rfcomm1		Second Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY device
2965		    ...
2966
2967217 char	Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY devices (alternate devices)
2968		  0 = /dev/curf0		Callout device for rfcomm0
2969		  1 = /dev/curf1		Callout device for rfcomm1
2970		    ...
2971
2972218 char	The Logical Company bus Unibus/Qbus adapters
2973		  0 = /dev/logicalco/bci/0	First bus adapter
2974		  1 = /dev/logicalco/bci/1	First bus adapter
2975		    ...
2976
2977219 char	The Logical Company DCI-1300 digital I/O card
2978		  0 = /dev/logicalco/dci1300/0	First DCI-1300 card
2979		  1 = /dev/logicalco/dci1300/1	Second DCI-1300 card
2980		    ...
2981
2982220 char	Myricom Myrinet "GM" board
2983		  0 = /dev/myricom/gm0		First Myrinet GM board
2984		  1 = /dev/myricom/gmp0		First board "root access"
2985		  2 = /dev/myricom/gm1		Second Myrinet GM board
2986		  3 = /dev/myricom/gmp1		Second board "root access"
2987		    ...
2988
2989221 char	VME bus
2990		  0 = /dev/bus/vme/m0		First master image
2991		  1 = /dev/bus/vme/m1		Second master image
2992		  2 = /dev/bus/vme/m2		Third master image
2993		  3 = /dev/bus/vme/m3		Fourth master image
2994		  4 = /dev/bus/vme/s0		First slave image
2995		  5 = /dev/bus/vme/s1		Second slave image
2996		  6 = /dev/bus/vme/s2		Third slave image
2997		  7 = /dev/bus/vme/s3		Fourth slave image
2998		  8 = /dev/bus/vme/ctl		Control
2999
3000		It is expected that all VME bus drivers will use the
3001		same interface.  For interface documentation see
3002		http://www.vmelinux.org/.
3003
3004224 char	A2232 serial card
3005		  0 = /dev/ttyY0		First A2232 port
3006		  1 = /dev/ttyY1		Second A2232 port
3007		    ...
3008
3009225 char	A2232 serial card (alternate devices)
3010		  0 = /dev/cuy0			Callout device for ttyY0
3011		  1 = /dev/cuy1			Callout device for ttyY1
3012		    ...
3013
3014226 char	Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
3015		  0 = /dev/dri/card0		First graphics card
3016		  1 = /dev/dri/card1		Second graphics card
3017		    ...
3018
3019227 char	IBM 3270 terminal Unix tty access
3020		  1 = /dev/3270/tty1		First 3270 terminal
3021		  2 = /dev/3270/tty2		Seconds 3270 terminal
3022		    ...
3023
3024228 char	IBM 3270 terminal block-mode access
3025		  0 = /dev/3270/tub		Controlling interface
3026		  1 = /dev/3270/tub1		First 3270 terminal
3027		  2 = /dev/3270/tub2		Second 3270 terminal
3028		    ...
3029
3030229 char	IBM iSeries/pSeries virtual console
3031		  0 = /dev/hvc0			First console port
3032		  1 = /dev/hvc1			Second console port
3033		    ...
3034
3035230 char	IBM iSeries virtual tape
3036		  0 = /dev/iseries/vt0		First virtual tape, mode 0
3037		  1 = /dev/iseries/vt1		Second virtual tape, mode 0
3038		    ...
3039		 32 = /dev/iseries/vt0l		First virtual tape, mode 1
3040		 33 = /dev/iseries/vt1l		Second virtual tape, mode 1
3041		    ...
3042		 64 = /dev/iseries/vt0m		First virtual tape, mode 2
3043		 65 = /dev/iseries/vt1m		Second virtual tape, mode 2
3044		    ...
3045		 96 = /dev/iseries/vt0a		First virtual tape, mode 3
3046		 97 = /dev/iseries/vt1a		Second virtual tape, mode 3
3047		      ...
3048		128 = /dev/iseries/nvt0		First virtual tape, mode 0, no rewind
3049		129 = /dev/iseries/nvt1		Second virtual tape, mode 0, no rewind
3050		    ...
3051		160 = /dev/iseries/nvt0l	First virtual tape, mode 1, no rewind
3052		161 = /dev/iseries/nvt1l	Second virtual tape, mode 1, no rewind
3053		    ...
3054		192 = /dev/iseries/nvt0m	First virtual tape, mode 2, no rewind
3055		193 = /dev/iseries/nvt1m	Second virtual tape, mode 2, no rewind
3056		    ...
3057		224 = /dev/iseries/nvt0a	First virtual tape, mode 3, no rewind
3058		225 = /dev/iseries/nvt1a	Second virtual tape, mode 3, no rewind
3059		    ...
3060
3061		"No rewind" refers to the omission of the default
3062		automatic rewind on device close.  The MTREW or MTOFFL
3063		ioctl()'s can be used to rewind the tape regardless of
3064		the device used to access it.
3065
3066231 char	InfiniBand
3067		0 = /dev/infiniband/umad0
3068		1 = /dev/infiniband/umad1
3069		  ...
3070		63 = /dev/infiniband/umad63    63rd InfiniBandMad device
3071		64 = /dev/infiniband/issm0     First InfiniBand IsSM device
3072		65 = /dev/infiniband/issm1     Second InfiniBand IsSM device
3073		  ...
3074		127 = /dev/infiniband/issm63    63rd InfiniBand IsSM device
3075		128 = /dev/infiniband/uverbs0   First InfiniBand verbs device
3076		129 = /dev/infiniband/uverbs1   Second InfiniBand verbs device
3077		  ...
3078		159 = /dev/infiniband/uverbs31  31st InfiniBand verbs device
3079
3080232 char	Biometric Devices
3081		0 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/fingerprint	first fingerprint sensor on first device
3082		1 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/iris		first iris sensor on first device
3083		2 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/retina	first retina sensor on first device
3084		3 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/voiceprint	first voiceprint sensor on first device
3085		4 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/facial	first facial sensor on first device
3086		5 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/hand		first hand sensor on first device
3087		  ...
3088		10 = /dev/biometric/sensor1/fingerprint	first fingerprint sensor on second device
3089		  ...
3090		20 = /dev/biometric/sensor2/fingerprint	first fingerprint sensor on third device
3091		  ...
3092
3093233 char	PathScale InfiniPath interconnect
3094		0 = /dev/ipath        Primary device for programs (any unit)
3095		1 = /dev/ipath0       Access specifically to unit 0
3096		2 = /dev/ipath1       Access specifically to unit 1
3097		  ...
3098		4 = /dev/ipath3       Access specifically to unit 3
3099		129 = /dev/ipath_sma    Device used by Subnet Management Agent
3100		130 = /dev/ipath_diag   Device used by diagnostics programs
3101
3102234-239		UNASSIGNED
3103
3104240-254 char	LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
3105
3106240-254 block	LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
3107		Allocated for local/experimental use.  For devices not
3108		assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
3109		used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
3110
3111255 char	RESERVED
3112
3113255 block	RESERVED
3114
3115		This major is reserved to assist the expansion to a
3116		larger number space.  No device nodes with this major
3117		should ever be created on the filesystem.
3118		(This is probably not true anymore, but I'll leave it
3119		for now /Torben)
3120
3121---LARGE MAJORS!!!!!---
3122
3123256 char	Equinox SST multi-port serial boards
3124		   0 = /dev/ttyEQ0	First serial port on first Equinox SST board
3125		 127 = /dev/ttyEQ127	Last serial port on first Equinox SST board
3126		 128 = /dev/ttyEQ128	First serial port on second Equinox SST board
3127		  ...
3128		1027 = /dev/ttyEQ1027	Last serial port on eighth Equinox SST board
3129
3130256 block	Resident Flash Disk Flash Translation Layer
3131		  0 = /dev/rfda		First RFD FTL layer
3132		 16 = /dev/rfdb		Second RFD FTL layer
3133		  ...
3134		240 = /dev/rfdp		16th RFD FTL layer
3135
3136257 char	Phoenix Technologies Cryptographic Services Driver
3137		  0 = /dev/ptlsec	Crypto Services Driver
3138
3139257 block	SSFDC Flash Translation Layer filesystem
3140		  0 = /dev/ssfdca	First SSFDC layer
3141		  8 = /dev/ssfdcb	Second SSFDC layer
3142		 16 = /dev/ssfdcc	Third SSFDC layer
3143		 24 = /dev/ssfdcd	4th SSFDC layer
3144		 32 = /dev/ssfdce	5th SSFDC layer
3145		 40 = /dev/ssfdcf	6th SSFDC layer
3146		 48 = /dev/ssfdcg	7th SSFDC layer
3147		 56 = /dev/ssfdch	8th SSFDC layer
3148
3149258 block	ROM/Flash read-only translation layer
3150		  0 = /dev/blockrom0	First ROM card's translation layer interface
3151		  1 = /dev/blockrom1	Second ROM card's translation layer interface
3152		  ...
3153
3154259 block	Block Extended Major
3155		  Used dynamically to hold additional partition minor
3156		  numbers and allow large numbers of partitions per device
3157
3158259 char	FPGA configuration interfaces
3159		  0 = /dev/icap0	First Xilinx internal configuration
3160		  1 = /dev/icap1	Second Xilinx internal configuration
3161
3162260 char	OSD (Object-based-device) SCSI Device
3163		  0 = /dev/osd0		First OSD Device
3164		  1 = /dev/osd1		Second OSD Device
3165		  ...
3166		  255 = /dev/osd255	256th OSD Device
3167
3168 ****	ADDITIONAL /dev DIRECTORY ENTRIES
3169
3170This section details additional entries that should or may exist in
3171the /dev directory.  It is preferred that symbolic links use the same
3172form (absolute or relative) as is indicated here.  Links are
3173classified as "hard" or "symbolic" depending on the preferred type of
3174link; if possible, the indicated type of link should be used.
3175
3176
3177	Compulsory links
3178
3179These links should exist on all systems:
3180
3181/dev/fd		/proc/self/fd	symbolic	File descriptors
3182/dev/stdin	fd/0		symbolic	stdin file descriptor
3183/dev/stdout	fd/1		symbolic	stdout file descriptor
3184/dev/stderr	fd/2		symbolic	stderr file descriptor
3185/dev/nfsd	socksys		symbolic	Required by iBCS-2
3186/dev/X0R	null		symbolic	Required by iBCS-2
3187
3188Note: /dev/X0R is <letter X>-<digit 0>-<letter R>.
3189
3190	Recommended links
3191
3192It is recommended that these links exist on all systems:
3193
3194/dev/core	/proc/kcore	symbolic	Backward compatibility
3195/dev/ramdisk	ram0		symbolic	Backward compatibility
3196/dev/ftape	qft0		symbolic	Backward compatibility
3197/dev/bttv0	video0		symbolic	Backward compatibility
3198/dev/radio	radio0		symbolic	Backward compatibility
3199/dev/i2o*	/dev/i2o/*	symbolic	Backward compatibility
3200/dev/scd?	sr?		hard		Alternate SCSI CD-ROM name
3201
3202	Locally defined links
3203
3204The following links may be established locally to conform to the
3205configuration of the system.  This is merely a tabulation of existing
3206practice, and does not constitute a recommendation.  However, if they
3207exist, they should have the following uses.
3208
3209/dev/mouse	mouse port	symbolic	Current mouse device
3210/dev/tape	tape device	symbolic	Current tape device
3211/dev/cdrom	CD-ROM device	symbolic	Current CD-ROM device
3212/dev/cdwriter	CD-writer	symbolic	Current CD-writer device
3213/dev/scanner	scanner		symbolic	Current scanner device
3214/dev/modem	modem port	symbolic	Current dialout device
3215/dev/root	root device	symbolic	Current root filesystem
3216/dev/swap	swap device	symbolic	Current swap device
3217
3218/dev/modem should not be used for a modem which supports dialin as
3219well as dialout, as it tends to cause lock file problems.  If it
3220exists, /dev/modem should point to the appropriate primary TTY device
3221(the use of the alternate callout devices is deprecated).
3222
3223For SCSI devices, /dev/tape and /dev/cdrom should point to the
3224``cooked'' devices (/dev/st* and /dev/sr*, respectively), whereas
3225/dev/cdwriter and /dev/scanner should point to the appropriate generic
3226SCSI devices (/dev/sg*).
3227
3228/dev/mouse may point to a primary serial TTY device, a hardware mouse
3229device, or a socket for a mouse driver program (e.g. /dev/gpmdata).
3230
3231	Sockets and pipes
3232
3233Non-transient sockets and named pipes may exist in /dev.  Common entries are:
3234
3235/dev/printer	socket		lpd local socket
3236/dev/log	socket		syslog local socket
3237/dev/gpmdata	socket		gpm mouse multiplexer
3238
3239	Mount points
3240
3241The following names are reserved for mounting special filesystems
3242under /dev.  These special filesystems provide kernel interfaces that
3243cannot be provided with standard device nodes.
3244
3245/dev/pts	devpts		PTY slave filesystem
3246/dev/shm	tmpfs		POSIX shared memory maintenance access
3247
3248 ****	TERMINAL DEVICES
3249
3250Terminal, or TTY devices are a special class of character devices.  A
3251terminal device is any device that could act as a controlling terminal
3252for a session; this includes virtual consoles, serial ports, and
3253pseudoterminals (PTYs).
3254
3255All terminal devices share a common set of capabilities known as line
3256disciplines; these include the common terminal line discipline as well
3257as SLIP and PPP modes.
3258
3259All terminal devices are named similarly; this section explains the
3260naming and use of the various types of TTYs.  Note that the naming
3261conventions include several historical warts; some of these are
3262Linux-specific, some were inherited from other systems, and some
3263reflect Linux outgrowing a borrowed convention.
3264
3265A hash mark (#) in a device name is used here to indicate a decimal
3266number without leading zeroes.
3267
3268	Virtual consoles and the console device
3269
3270Virtual consoles are full-screen terminal displays on the system video
3271monitor.  Virtual consoles are named /dev/tty#, with numbering
3272starting at /dev/tty1; /dev/tty0 is the current virtual console.
3273/dev/tty0 is the device that should be used to access the system video
3274card on those architectures for which the frame buffer devices
3275(/dev/fb*) are not applicable.	Do not use /dev/console
3276for this purpose.
3277
3278The console device, /dev/console, is the device to which system
3279messages should be sent, and on which logins should be permitted in
3280single-user mode.  Starting with Linux 2.1.71, /dev/console is managed
3281by the kernel; for previous versions it should be a symbolic link to
3282either /dev/tty0, a specific virtual console such as /dev/tty1, or to
3283a serial port primary (tty*, not cu*) device, depending on the
3284configuration of the system.
3285
3286	Serial ports
3287
3288Serial ports are RS-232 serial ports and any device which simulates
3289one, either in hardware (such as internal modems) or in software (such
3290as the ISDN driver.)  Under Linux, each serial ports has two device
3291names, the primary or callin device and the alternate or callout one.
3292Each kind of device is indicated by a different letter.	 For any
3293letter X, the names of the devices are /dev/ttyX# and /dev/cux#,
3294respectively; for historical reasons, /dev/ttyS# and /dev/ttyC#
3295correspond to /dev/cua# and /dev/cub#.	In the future, it should be
3296expected that multiple letters will be used; all letters will be upper
3297case for the "tty" device (e.g. /dev/ttyDP#) and lower case for the
3298"cu" device (e.g. /dev/cudp#).
3299
3300The names /dev/ttyQ# and /dev/cuq# are reserved for local use.
3301
3302The alternate devices provide for kernel-based exclusion and somewhat
3303different defaults than the primary devices.  Their main purpose is to
3304allow the use of serial ports with programs with no inherent or broken
3305support for serial ports.  Their use is deprecated, and they may be
3306removed from a future version of Linux.
3307
3308Arbitration of serial ports is provided by the use of lock files with
3309the names /var/lock/LCK..ttyX#.	 The contents of the lock file should
3310be the PID of the locking process as an ASCII number.
3311
3312It is common practice to install links such as /dev/modem
3313which point to serial ports.  In order to ensure proper locking in the
3314presence of these links, it is recommended that software chase
3315symlinks and lock all possible names; additionally, it is recommended
3316that a lock file be installed with the corresponding alternate
3317device.	 In order to avoid deadlocks, it is recommended that the locks
3318are acquired in the following order, and released in the reverse:
3319
3320	1. The symbolic link name, if any (/var/lock/LCK..modem)
3321	2. The "tty" name (/var/lock/LCK..ttyS2)
3322	3. The alternate device name (/var/lock/LCK..cua2)
3323
3324In the case of nested symbolic links, the lock files should be
3325installed in the order the symlinks are resolved.
3326
3327Under no circumstances should an application hold a lock while waiting
3328for another to be released.  In addition, applications which attempt
3329to create lock files for the corresponding alternate device names
3330should take into account the possibility of being used on a non-serial
3331port TTY, for which no alternate device would exist.
3332
3333	Pseudoterminals (PTYs)
3334
3335Pseudoterminals, or PTYs, are used to create login sessions or provide
3336other capabilities requiring a TTY line discipline (including SLIP or
3337PPP capability) to arbitrary data-generation processes.	 Each PTY has
3338a master side, named /dev/pty[p-za-e][0-9a-f], and a slave side, named
3339/dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f].  The kernel arbitrates the use of PTYs by
3340allowing each master side to be opened only once.
3341
3342Once the master side has been opened, the corresponding slave device
3343can be used in the same manner as any TTY device.  The master and
3344slave devices are connected by the kernel, generating the equivalent
3345of a bidirectional pipe with TTY capabilities.
3346
3347Recent versions of the Linux kernels and GNU libc contain support for
3348the System V/Unix98 naming scheme for PTYs, which assigns a common
3349device, /dev/ptmx, to all the masters (opening it will automatically
3350give you a previously unassigned PTY) and a subdirectory, /dev/pts,
3351for the slaves; the slaves are named with decimal integers (/dev/pts/#
3352in our notation).  This removes the problem of exhausting the
3353namespace and enables the kernel to automatically create the device
3354nodes for the slaves on demand using the "devpts" filesystem.
3355
3356