$Id: majors.i386,v 1.21 1997/11/16 10:02:13 sos Exp $ 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. The most "complete" version of this will be the one in FreeBSD-current. (see http://www.freebsd.org/ or from ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/) blkdev name comments 0 wd ST506 disk controller (with IDE extensions) 1 ?? unassigned? 2 fd floppy disk 3 wt QIC-02/36 tape 4 sd SCSI "disk" type 5 st SCSI "tape" type 6 cd SCSI "cdrom" type 7 mcd Mitsumi CDROM interface 8 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel modules 9 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel modules 10 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel modules 11 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel modules 12 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel modules 13 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel modules 14 ?? reserved for local use 15 vn vnode disk device 16 scd Sony CDROM interface 17 matcd Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative(SB) CDROM interface 18 ata "device independent" ATA/IDE driver 19 wcdb ATAPI CDROM client of "ata" 20 od SCSI "magneto-optical" disk 21 ccd concatenated disk 22 gd Geometry disk. 23 worm SCSI "worm type" chrdev name comments 0 cn console 1 ctty /dev/tty 2 mm /dev/mem,kmem,etc 3 wd ST506 disk controller (with IDE extensions) 4 swap /dev/drum 5 pts pseudo tty "tty" half 6 ptc pseudo tty "master" half 7 log system log 8 bqu B004 transputer board 9 fd floppy disk 10 wt QIC-02/36 tape 11 spigot Video capture? 12 sc syscons/pcvt virtual consoles 13 sd SCSI "disk type" 14 st SCSI "tape type" 15 cd SCSI "CDROM type" 16 lpt PC parallel printer port 17 ch SCSI changer 18 su SCSI universal type 19 tw X-10 power interface 20 ?? reserved for local use 21 psm PS/2 Mouse 22 fd (/dev/stdin etc) 23 bpf Berkeley Packet Filter 24 pca PC speaker (/dev/pcaudio) 25 ?? was vat 26 spkr PC speaker (/dev/spkr) 27 mse Microsoft bus-mouse 28 sio 16450/16550 serial 29 mcd Mitsumi CDROM interface 30 snd sound driver system 31 uk SCSI "unknown device type" 32 lkmc Loadable Kernel Module Controller 33 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel Modules 34 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel Modules 35 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel Modules 36 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel Modules 37 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel Modules 38 lkm assigned to Loadable Kernel Modules 39 apm Advanced Power Management 40 ctx Cortex 41 ?? was socksys 42 cx Cronyx 43 vn vnode "disk" device 44 gp GPIB 45 scd Sony CDROM interface 46 matcd Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative(SB) CDROM interface 47 gsc Genius Scanner 48 cy Cyclades 49 ssc SCSI super device 50 card pcmcia cards 51 joy joystick 52 tun IP tunnel device 53 snp tty snoop 54 OLDnic ISDN system 55 OLDisdn ISDN system 56 OLDity ISDN system 57 OLDitel ISDN system 58 dgb Digiboard 59 OLDispy ISDN system 60 OLDnnic ISDN system 61 pt SCSI "processor type" 62 worm SCSI "worm type" 63 rc Riscom/8 driver 64 ?? Talisman 65 sctarg SCSI target 66 labpc National Instruments LabPC 67 meteor Matrox Meteor video capture 68 si Specialix SI/XIO (peter@freebsd.org) 69 wcd ATAPI CDROM client of "ata" 70 od SCSI "magneto-optical disk type" 71 asc AmiScan driver 72 stl Stallion (cd1400 based) (gerg@stallion.oz.au) 73 qcam quickcam 74 ccd concatenated disk 75 stli Stallion (intelligent cdk based) (gerg@stallion.oz.au) 76 scc IBM Smart Capture Card (ohashi@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp) 77 cyy Cyclades Ye/PCI serial card 78 gd Geometry disk 79 ipl IP Filter 80 xdcp Assigned to Chris Ficklin 81 rp RocketPort/Steve Gericke 82 ppi Generic Parallel I/O 83 can CAN16-2 CAN-PC Interface 84 ttxt Unitext teletext decoder (arg@arg1.demon.co.uk) 85 vesa VESA support device (j_mini@efn.org)