Hopefully, this list will one day be obsoleted by DEVFS, but for now this is the current allocation of device major numbers. For local use, you are encouraged to use the reserved numbers. If you intend the driver to be available, send email to the hackers@freebsd.org mailing list to see about having a number reserved for you. blkdev name comments 0 wd 1 no 2 fd 3 wt 4 sd 5 st 6 cd 7 mcd 8 lkm 9 lkm 10 lkm 11 lkm 12 lkm 13 lkm 14 ?? reserved for local use 15 vn 16 scd 17 matcd 18 ata 19 wcdb 20 od chrdev name comments 0 cn 1 ctty 2 mm 3 wd 4 swap /dev/drum 5 pts 6 ptc 7 log 8 bqu 9 fd 10 wt 11 spigot 12 sc 13 sd 14 st 15 cd 16 lpt 17 ch 18 su 19 tw 20 ?? reserved for local use 21 psm 22 fd (/dev/stdin etc) 23 bpf 24 pca 25 ?? was vat 26 spkr 27 mse 28 sio 29 mcd 30 snd 31 uk 32 lkmc 33 lkm 34 lkm 35 lkm 36 lkm 37 lkm 38 lkm 39 apm 40 ctx cortex 41 ?? was socksys 42 cx cronyx 43 vn 44 gp GPIB 45 scd sony cd 46 matcd SB cd 47 gsc 48 cy cyclades 49 ssc scsi super 50 crd pcmcia 51 joy joystick 52 tun IP tunnel device 53 snp tty snoop 54 nic 55 isdn 56 ity 57 itel 58 dgb digiboard 59 ispy 60 nnic 61 pt 62 worm 63 rc 64 ?? talisman 65 sctarg scsi target 66 labpc 67 meteor 68 si specialix 69 wcd atapi cd 70 od 71 asc 72 ??? stallion (see ungar) 73 qcam quickcam