LINUX ALLOCATED DEVICES
- Maintained by John Cagle <device@lanana.org>
+ Maintained by Torben Mathiasen <device@lanana.org>
- Last revised: 15 March 2004
+ Last revised: 04 August 2004
This list is the Linux Device List, the official registry of allocated
device numbers and /dev directory nodes for the Linux operating
199 = /dev/scanners/cuecat :CueCat barcode scanner
200 = /dev/net/tun TAP/TUN network device
201 = /dev/button/gulpb Transmeta GULP-B buttons
+ 202 = /dev/emd/ctl Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) control
204 = /dev/video/em8300 EM8300 DVD decoder control
205 = /dev/video/em8300_mv EM8300 DVD decoder video
206 = /dev/video/em8300_ma EM8300 DVD decoder audio
225 = /dev/pps Pulse Per Second driver
226 = /dev/systrace Systrace device
227 = /dev/mcelog X86_64 Machine Check Exception driver
+ 228 = /dev/hpet HPET driver
240-254 Reserved for local use
255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
1 = /dev/dcxx1 Second capture card
...
- 94 block Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer
- 0 = /dev/inftla First INFTL layer
- 16 = /dev/inftlb Second INFTL layer
+ 94 block IBM S/390 DASD block storage
+ 0 = /dev/dasda First DASD device, major
+ 1 = /dev/dasda1 First DASD device, block 1
+ 2 = /dev/dasda2 First DASD device, block 2
+ 3 = /dev/dasda3 First DASD device, block 3
+ 4 = /dev/dasdb Second DASD device, major
+ 5 = /dev/dasdb1 Second DASD device, block 1
+ 6 = /dev/dasdb2 Second DASD device, block 2
+ 7 = /dev/dasdb3 Second DASD device, block 3
...
- 240 = /dev/inftlp 16th INTFL layer
95 char IP filter
0 = /dev/ipl Filter control device/log file
3 = /dev/ipauth Authentication control device/log file
...
- 95 block IBM S/390 DASD block storage
- 0 = /dev/dasd0 First DASD device, major
- 1 = /dev/dasd0a First DASD device, block 1
- 2 = /dev/dasd0b First DASD device, block 2
- 3 = /dev/dasd0c First DASD device, block 3
- 4 = /dev/dasd1 Second DASD device, major
- 5 = /dev/dasd1a Second DASD device, block 1
- 6 = /dev/dasd1b Second DASD device, block 2
- 7 = /dev/dasd1c Second DASD device, block 3
+ 95 block IBM S/390 VM/ESA minidisk
+ 0 = /dev/msd0 First VM/ESA minidisk
+ 1 = /dev/msd1 Second VM/ESA minidisk
...
96 char Parallel port ATAPI tape devices
129 = /dev/npt1 Second p.p. ATAPI tape, no rewind
...
- 96 block IBM S/390 VM/ESA minidisk
- 0 = /dev/msd0 First VM/ESA minidisk
- 1 = /dev/msd1 Second VM/ESA minidisk
+ 96 block Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer
+ 0 = /dev/inftla First INFTL layer
+ 16 = /dev/inftlb Second INFTL layer
...
+ 240 = /dev/inftlp 16th INTFL layer
97 char Parallel port generic ATAPI interface
0 = /dev/pg0 First parallel port ATAPI device
partitions is 15.
103 char Arla network file system
- 0 = /dev/xfs0 Arla XFS
+ 0 = /dev/nnpfs0 First NNPFS device
+ 1 = /dev/nnpfs1 Second NNPFS device
Arla is a free clone of the Andrew File System, AFS.
- Any resemblance with the Swedish milk producer is
- coincidental. For more information about the project,
- write to <arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se> or subscribe
- to the arla announce mailing list by sending a mail to
- <arla-announce-request@stacken.kth.se>.
+ The NNPFS device gives user mode filesystem
+ implementations a kernel presence for caching and easy
+ mounting. For more information about the project,
+ write to <arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se> or see
+ http://www.stacken.kth.se/project/arla/
103 block Audit device
0 = /dev/audit Audit device
device names. For example, /dev/hda5 would become
/dev/evms/hda5.
-118 char Solidum ???
- 0 = /dev/solnp0
- 1 = /dev/solnp1
- ...
- 128 = /dev/solnpctl0
- 129 = /dev/solnpctl1
+118 char IBM Cryptographic Accelerator
+ 0 = /dev/ica Virtual interface to all IBM Crypto Accelerators
+ 1 = /dev/ica0 IBMCA Device 0
+ 2 = /dev/ica1 IBMCA Device 1
...
119 char VMware virtual network control
1 = /dev/aureal1 Second Aureal Vortex
...
+147 block Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD)
+ 0 = /dev/drbd0 First DRBD device
+ 1 = /dev/drbd1 Second DRBD device
+ ...
+
148 char Technology Concepts serial card
0 = /dev/ttyT0 First TCL port
1 = /dev/ttyT1 Second TCL port
...
15 = /dev/spi15 Sixteenth SPI device on the bus
+153 block Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) storage units
+ 0 = /dev/emd/0 First unit
+ 1 = /dev/emd/0p1 Partition 1 on First unit
+ 2 = /dev/emd/0p2 Partition 2 on First unit
+ ...
+ 15 = /dev/emd/0p15 Partition 15 on First unit
+
+ 16 = /dev/emd/1 Second unit
+ 32 = /dev/emd/2 Third unit
+ ...
+ 240 = /dev/emd/15 Sixteenth unit
+
+ Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
+ disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
+ partitions is 15.
+
154 char Specialix RIO serial card
0 = /dev/ttySR0 First RIO port
...
1 = /dev/gfax1 GammaLink channel 1
...
-159 RESERVED
+159 char RESERVED
+159 block RESERVED
160 char General Purpose Instrument Bus (GPIB)
0 = /dev/gpib0 First GPIB bus
32 = /dev/ttyDB0 DataBooster serial port 0
...
39 = /dev/ttyDB7 DataBooster serial port 7
+ 40 = /dev/ttySG0 SGI Altix console port
+ 41 = /dev/ttySMX0 Motorola i.MX - port 0
+ 42 = /dev/ttySMX1 Motorola i.MX - port 1
+ 43 = /dev/ttySMX2 Motorola i.MX - port 2
+ 44 = /dev/ttyMM0 Marvell MPSC - port 0
+ 45 = /dev/ttyMM1 Marvell MPSC - port 1
205 char Low-density serial ports (alternate device)
0 = /dev/culu0 Callout device for ttyLU0
32 = /dev/cudb0 Callout device for ttyDB0
...
39 = /dev/cudb7 Callout device for ttyDB7
+ 40 = /dev/cusg0 Callout device for ttySG0
+ 41 = /dev/ttySMX0 Callout device for ttySMX0
+ 42 = /dev/ttySMX1 Callout device for ttySMX1
+ 43 = /dev/ttySMX2 Callout device for ttySMX2
206 char OnStream SC-x0 tape devices
0 = /dev/osst0 First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0