Re: Devfs and Minors

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bjorn Boxstart writes:
> According to the readme that comes with devfs, Devfs should solve
> the problem of having minors and majors. I thought this would help
> me with using over 16 USB printers at once. After installation
> however, I still can use only 16 printers. Can anybody clarify for
> me what I misunderstood.....

Devfs provides a mechanism for drivers to create device nodes without
having to worry about device numbers. But it's still up to the drivers
to make use of that facility.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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