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Question: MAJOR & MINOR NUMBERS

Forum: Device Drivers
Keywords: More detailed for Major and Minor Numbers
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:50:16 GMT
From: Jason <swwong@cs.hku.hk>

Do any one knows more detailed about Major & Minor numbers ? Especially for Linux Block Device Drivers.

For example: How is major and minor numbers stored ? How can we retrieve the major and minor numbers ?