Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Re: KQEMU error, unable to get major 254

[Paul Brook]

On Saturday 12 February 2005 00:23, Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote:
>  > Can someone tell where do you "officially" can request a major number
>  > these days? (if it's possible)..
>
> See Documentation/devices.txt in the kernel project.
> Major number from 232 to 239 seem to be unassigned yet. You can maybe
> pick one of them and send a patch to Linux to update the document.

Why does qemu need a major number anyway? Wouldn't it be better to use a minor 
number from the "misc" class (major 10).

Specifically major 10, minor 240-254 are "reserved for local use", so it 
should be safe to use those until such time as qemu gets an official device 
id.

Paul