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2 LINUX ALLOCATED DEVICES (2.6+ version)
4 Maintained by Alan Cox <device@lanana.org>
6 Last revised: 6th April 2009
8 This list is the Linux Device List, the official registry of allocated
9 device numbers and /dev directory nodes for the Linux operating
10 system.
12 The latest version of this list is available from
13 http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/ or
14 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/device-list/. This version may be
15 newer than the one distributed with the Linux kernel.
17 The LaTeX version of this document is no longer maintained.
19 This document is included by reference into the Filesystem Hierarchy
20 Standard (FHS). The FHS is available from http://www.pathname.com/fhs/.
22 Allocations marked (68k/Amiga) apply to Linux/68k on the Amiga
23 platform only. Allocations marked (68k/Atari) apply to Linux/68k on
24 the Atari platform only.
26 The symbol {2.6} means the allocation is obsolete and scheduled for
27 removal once kernel version 2.6 (or equivalent) is released. Some of these
28 allocations have already been removed.
30 This document is in the public domain. The author requests, however,
31 that semantically altered versions are not distributed without
32 permission of the author, assuming the author can be contacted without
33 an unreasonable effort.
35 In particular, please don't sent patches for this list to Linus, at
36 least not without contacting me first.
38 I do not have any information about these devices beyond what appears
39 on this list. Any such information requests will be deleted without
40 reply.
43 **** DEVICE DRIVERS AUTHORS PLEASE READ THIS ****
45 To have a major number allocated, or a minor number in situations
46 where that applies (e.g. busmice), please contact me with the
47 appropriate device information. Also, if you have additional
48 information regarding any of the devices listed below, or if I have
49 made a mistake, I would greatly appreciate a note.
51 I do, however, make a few requests about the nature of your report.
52 This is necessary for me to be able to keep this list up to date and
53 correct in a timely manner. First of all, *please* send it to the
54 correct address... <device@lanana.org>. I receive hundreds of email
55 messages a day, so mail sent to other addresses may very well get lost
56 in the avalanche. Please put in a descriptive subject, so I can find
57 your mail again should I need to. Too many people send me email
58 saying just "device number request" in the subject.
60 Second, please include a description of the device *in the same format
61 as this list*. The reason for this is that it is the only way I have
62 found to ensure I have all the requisite information to publish your
63 device and avoid conflicts.
65 Third, please don't assume that the distributed version of the list is
66 up to date. Due to the number of registrations I have to maintain it
67 in "batch mode", so there is likely additional registrations that
68 haven't been listed yet.
70 Fourth, remember that Linux now has extensive support for dynamic allocation
71 of device numbering and can use sysfs and udev to handle the naming needs.
72 There are still some exceptions in the serial and boot device area. Before
73 asking for a device number make sure you actually need one.
75 Finally, sometimes I have to play "namespace police." Please don't be
76 offended. I often get submissions for /dev names that would be bound
77 to cause conflicts down the road. I am trying to avoid getting in a
78 situation where we would have to suffer an incompatible forward
79 change. Therefore, please consult with me *before* you make your
80 device names and numbers in any way public, at least to the point
81 where it would be at all difficult to get them changed.
83 Your cooperation is appreciated.
86 0 Unnamed devices (e.g. non-device mounts)
87 0 = reserved as null device number
88 See block major 144, 145, 146 for expansion areas.
90 1 char Memory devices
91 1 = /dev/mem Physical memory access
92 2 = /dev/kmem Kernel virtual memory access
93 3 = /dev/null Null device
94 4 = /dev/port I/O port access
95 5 = /dev/zero Null byte source
96 6 = /dev/core OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/kcore
97 7 = /dev/full Returns ENOSPC on write
98 8 = /dev/random Nondeterministic random number gen.
99 9 = /dev/urandom Faster, less secure random number gen.
100 10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface
101 11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's
102 12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access
103 the memory of the kernel that crashed.
105 1 block RAM disk
106 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk
107 1 = /dev/ram1 Second RAM disk
108 ...
109 250 = /dev/initrd Initial RAM disk
111 Older kernels had /dev/ramdisk (1, 1) here.
112 /dev/initrd refers to a RAM disk which was preloaded
113 by the boot loader; newer kernels use /dev/ram0 for
114 the initrd.
116 2 char Pseudo-TTY masters
117 0 = /dev/ptyp0 First PTY master
118 1 = /dev/ptyp1 Second PTY master
119 ...
120 255 = /dev/ptyef 256th PTY master
122 Pseudo-tty's are named as follows:
123 * Masters are "pty", slaves are "tty";
124 * the fourth letter is one of pqrstuvwxyzabcde indicating
125 the 1st through 16th series of 16 pseudo-ttys each, and
126 * the fifth letter is one of 0123456789abcdef indicating
127 the position within the series.
129 These are the old-style (BSD) PTY devices; Unix98
130 devices are on major 128 and above and use the PTY
131 master multiplex (/dev/ptmx) to acquire a PTY on
132 demand.
134 2 block Floppy disks
135 0 = /dev/fd0 Controller 0, drive 0, autodetect
136 1 = /dev/fd1 Controller 0, drive 1, autodetect
137 2 = /dev/fd2 Controller 0, drive 2, autodetect
138 3 = /dev/fd3 Controller 0, drive 3, autodetect
139 128 = /dev/fd4 Controller 1, drive 0, autodetect
140 129 = /dev/fd5 Controller 1, drive 1, autodetect
141 130 = /dev/fd6 Controller 1, drive 2, autodetect
142 131 = /dev/fd7 Controller 1, drive 3, autodetect
144 To specify format, add to the autodetect device number:
145 0 = /dev/fd? Autodetect format
146 4 = /dev/fd?d360 5.25" 360K in a 360K drive(1)
147 20 = /dev/fd?h360 5.25" 360K in a 1200K drive(1)
148 48 = /dev/fd?h410 5.25" 410K in a 1200K drive
149 64 = /dev/fd?h420 5.25" 420K in a 1200K drive
150 24 = /dev/fd?h720 5.25" 720K in a 1200K drive
151 80 = /dev/fd?h880 5.25" 880K in a 1200K drive(1)
152 8 = /dev/fd?h1200 5.25" 1200K in a 1200K drive(1)
153 40 = /dev/fd?h1440 5.25" 1440K in a 1200K drive(1)
154 56 = /dev/fd?h1476 5.25" 1476K in a 1200K drive
155 72 = /dev/fd?h1494 5.25" 1494K in a 1200K drive
156 92 = /dev/fd?h1600 5.25" 1600K in a 1200K drive(1)
158 12 = /dev/fd?u360 3.5" 360K Double Density(2)
159 16 = /dev/fd?u720 3.5" 720K Double Density(1)
160 120 = /dev/fd?u800 3.5" 800K Double Density(2)
161 52 = /dev/fd?u820 3.5" 820K Double Density
162 68 = /dev/fd?u830 3.5" 830K Double Density
163 84 = /dev/fd?u1040 3.5" 1040K Double Density(1)
164 88 = /dev/fd?u1120 3.5" 1120K Double Density(1)
165 28 = /dev/fd?u1440 3.5" 1440K High Density(1)
166 124 = /dev/fd?u1600 3.5" 1600K High Density(1)
167 44 = /dev/fd?u1680 3.5" 1680K High Density(3)
168 60 = /dev/fd?u1722 3.5" 1722K High Density
169 76 = /dev/fd?u1743 3.5" 1743K High Density
170 96 = /dev/fd?u1760 3.5" 1760K High Density
171 116 = /dev/fd?u1840 3.5" 1840K High Density(3)
172 100 = /dev/fd?u1920 3.5" 1920K High Density(1)
173 32 = /dev/fd?u2880 3.5" 2880K Extra Density(1)
174 104 = /dev/fd?u3200 3.5" 3200K Extra Density
175 108 = /dev/fd?u3520 3.5" 3520K Extra Density
176 112 = /dev/fd?u3840 3.5" 3840K Extra Density(1)
178 36 = /dev/fd?CompaQ Compaq 2880K drive; obsolete?
180 (1) Autodetectable format
181 (2) Autodetectable format in a Double Density (720K) drive only
182 (3) Autodetectable format in a High Density (1440K) drive only
184 NOTE: The letter in the device name (d, q, h or u)
185 signifies the type of drive: 5.25" Double Density (d),
186 5.25" Quad Density (q), 5.25" High Density (h) or 3.5"
187 (any model, u). The use of the capital letters D, H
188 and E for the 3.5" models have been deprecated, since
189 the drive type is insignificant for these devices.
191 3 char Pseudo-TTY slaves
192 0 = /dev/ttyp0 First PTY slave
193 1 = /dev/ttyp1 Second PTY slave
194 ...
195 255 = /dev/ttyef 256th PTY slave
197 These are the old-style (BSD) PTY devices; Unix98
198 devices are on major 136 and above.
200 3 block First MFM, RLL and IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
201 0 = /dev/hda Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
202 64 = /dev/hdb Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
204 For partitions, add to the whole disk device number:
205 0 = /dev/hd? Whole disk
206 1 = /dev/hd?1 First partition
207 2 = /dev/hd?2 Second partition
208 ...
209 63 = /dev/hd?63 63rd partition
211 For Linux/i386, partitions 1-4 are the primary
212 partitions, and 5 and above are logical partitions.
213 Other versions of Linux use partitioning schemes
214 appropriate to their respective architectures.
216 4 char TTY devices
217 0 = /dev/tty0 Current virtual console
219 1 = /dev/tty1 First virtual console
220 ...
221 63 = /dev/tty63 63rd virtual console
222 64 = /dev/ttyS0 First UART serial port
223 ...
224 255 = /dev/ttyS191 192nd UART serial port
226 UART serial ports refer to 8250/16450/16550 series devices.
228 Older versions of the Linux kernel used this major
229 number for BSD PTY devices. As of Linux 2.1.115, this
230 is no longer supported. Use major numbers 2 and 3.
232 4 block Aliases for dynamically allocated major devices to be used
233 when its not possible to create the real device nodes
234 because the root filesystem is mounted read-only.
236 0 = /dev/root
238 5 char Alternate TTY devices
239 0 = /dev/tty Current TTY device
240 1 = /dev/console System console
241 2 = /dev/ptmx PTY master multiplex
242 64 = /dev/cua0 Callout device for ttyS0
243 ...
244 255 = /dev/cua191 Callout device for ttyS191
246 (5,1) is /dev/console starting with Linux 2.1.71. See
247 the section on terminal devices for more information
248 on /dev/console.
250 6 char Parallel printer devices
251 0 = /dev/lp0 Parallel printer on parport0
252 1 = /dev/lp1 Parallel printer on parport1
253 ...
255 Current Linux kernels no longer have a fixed mapping
256 between parallel ports and I/O addresses. Instead,
257 they are redirected through the parport multiplex layer.
259 7 char Virtual console capture devices
260 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text contents
261 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text contents
262 ...
263 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text contents
264 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute contents
265 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute contents
266 ...
267 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute contents
269 NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.
271 7 block Loopback devices
272 0 = /dev/loop0 First loop device
273 1 = /dev/loop1 Second loop device
274 ...
276 The loop devices are used to mount filesystems not
277 associated with block devices. The binding to the
278 loop devices is handled by mount(8) or losetup(8).
280 8 block SCSI disk devices (0-15)
281 0 = /dev/sda First SCSI disk whole disk
282 16 = /dev/sdb Second SCSI disk whole disk
283 32 = /dev/sdc Third SCSI disk whole disk
284 ...
285 240 = /dev/sdp Sixteenth SCSI disk whole disk
287 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
288 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
289 partitions is 15.
291 9 char SCSI tape devices
292 0 = /dev/st0 First SCSI tape, mode 0
293 1 = /dev/st1 Second SCSI tape, mode 0
294 ...
295 32 = /dev/st0l First SCSI tape, mode 1
296 33 = /dev/st1l Second SCSI tape, mode 1
297 ...
298 64 = /dev/st0m First SCSI tape, mode 2
299 65 = /dev/st1m Second SCSI tape, mode 2
300 ...
301 96 = /dev/st0a First SCSI tape, mode 3
302 97 = /dev/st1a Second SCSI tape, mode 3
303 ...
304 128 = /dev/nst0 First SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind
305 129 = /dev/nst1 Second SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind
306 ...
307 160 = /dev/nst0l First SCSI tape, mode 1, no rewind
308 161 = /dev/nst1l Second SCSI tape, mode 1, no rewind
309 ...
310 192 = /dev/nst0m First SCSI tape, mode 2, no rewind
311 193 = /dev/nst1m Second SCSI tape, mode 2, no rewind
312 ...
313 224 = /dev/nst0a First SCSI tape, mode 3, no rewind
314 225 = /dev/nst1a Second SCSI tape, mode 3, no rewind
315 ...
317 "No rewind" refers to the omission of the default
318 automatic rewind on device close. The MTREW or MTOFFL
319 ioctl()'s can be used to rewind the tape regardless of
320 the device used to access it.
322 9 block Metadisk (RAID) devices
323 0 = /dev/md0 First metadisk group
324 1 = /dev/md1 Second metadisk group
325 ...
327 The metadisk driver is used to span a
328 filesystem across multiple physical disks.
330 10 char Non-serial mice, misc features
331 0 = /dev/logibm Logitech bus mouse
332 1 = /dev/psaux PS/2-style mouse port
333 2 = /dev/inportbm Microsoft Inport bus mouse
334 3 = /dev/atibm ATI XL bus mouse
335 4 = /dev/jbm J-mouse
336 4 = /dev/amigamouse Amiga mouse (68k/Amiga)
337 5 = /dev/atarimouse Atari mouse
338 6 = /dev/sunmouse Sun mouse
339 7 = /dev/amigamouse1 Second Amiga mouse
340 8 = /dev/smouse Simple serial mouse driver
341 9 = /dev/pc110pad IBM PC-110 digitizer pad
342 10 = /dev/adbmouse Apple Desktop Bus mouse
343 11 = /dev/vrtpanel Vr41xx embedded touch panel
344 13 = /dev/vpcmouse Connectix Virtual PC Mouse
345 14 = /dev/touchscreen/ucb1x00 UCB 1x00 touchscreen
346 15 = /dev/touchscreen/mk712 MK712 touchscreen
347 128 = /dev/beep Fancy beep device
348 129 =
349 130 = /dev/watchdog Watchdog timer port
350 131 = /dev/temperature Machine internal temperature
351 132 = /dev/hwtrap Hardware fault trap
352 133 = /dev/exttrp External device trap
353 134 = /dev/apm_bios Advanced Power Management BIOS
354 135 = /dev/rtc Real Time Clock
355 139 = /dev/openprom SPARC OpenBoot PROM
356 140 = /dev/relay8 Berkshire Products Octal relay card
357 141 = /dev/relay16 Berkshire Products ISO-16 relay card
358 142 =
359 143 = /dev/pciconf PCI configuration space
360 144 = /dev/nvram Non-volatile configuration RAM
361 145 = /dev/hfmodem Soundcard shortwave modem control
362 146 = /dev/graphics Linux/SGI graphics device
363 147 = /dev/opengl Linux/SGI OpenGL pipe
364 148 = /dev/gfx Linux/SGI graphics effects device
365 149 = /dev/input/mouse Linux/SGI Irix emulation mouse
366 150 = /dev/input/keyboard Linux/SGI Irix emulation keyboard
367 151 = /dev/led Front panel LEDs
368 152 = /dev/kpoll Kernel Poll Driver
369 153 = /dev/mergemem Memory merge device
370 154 = /dev/pmu Macintosh PowerBook power manager
371 155 = /dev/isictl MultiTech ISICom serial control
372 156 = /dev/lcd Front panel LCD display
373 157 = /dev/ac Applicom Intl Profibus card
374 158 = /dev/nwbutton Netwinder external button
375 159 = /dev/nwdebug Netwinder debug interface
376 160 = /dev/nwflash Netwinder flash memory
377 161 = /dev/userdma User-space DMA access
378 162 = /dev/smbus System Management Bus
379 163 = /dev/lik Logitech Internet Keyboard
380 164 = /dev/ipmo Intel Intelligent Platform Management
381 165 = /dev/vmmon VMWare virtual machine monitor
382 166 = /dev/i2o/ctl I2O configuration manager
383 167 = /dev/specialix_sxctl Specialix serial control
384 168 = /dev/tcldrv Technology Concepts serial control
385 169 = /dev/specialix_rioctl Specialix RIO serial control
386 170 = /dev/thinkpad/thinkpad IBM Thinkpad devices
387 171 = /dev/srripc QNX4 API IPC manager
388 172 = /dev/usemaclone Semaphore clone device
389 173 = /dev/ipmikcs Intelligent Platform Management
390 174 = /dev/uctrl SPARCbook 3 microcontroller
391 175 = /dev/agpgart AGP Graphics Address Remapping Table
392 176 = /dev/gtrsc Gorgy Timing radio clock
393 177 = /dev/cbm Serial CBM bus
394 178 = /dev/jsflash JavaStation OS flash SIMM
395 179 = /dev/xsvc High-speed shared-mem/semaphore service
396 180 = /dev/vrbuttons Vr41xx button input device
397 181 = /dev/toshiba Toshiba laptop SMM support
398 182 = /dev/perfctr Performance-monitoring counters
399 183 = /dev/hwrng Generic random number generator
400 184 = /dev/cpu/microcode CPU microcode update interface
401 186 = /dev/atomicps Atomic shapshot of process state data
402 187 = /dev/irnet IrNET device
403 188 = /dev/smbusbios SMBus BIOS
404 189 = /dev/ussp_ctl User space serial port control
405 190 = /dev/crash Mission Critical Linux crash dump facility
406 191 = /dev/pcl181 <information missing>
407 192 = /dev/nas_xbus NAS xbus LCD/buttons access
408 193 = /dev/d7s SPARC 7-segment display
409 194 = /dev/zkshim Zero-Knowledge network shim control
410 195 = /dev/elographics/e2201 Elographics touchscreen E271-2201
411 198 = /dev/sexec Signed executable interface
412 199 = /dev/scanners/cuecat :CueCat barcode scanner
413 200 = /dev/net/tun TAP/TUN network device
414 201 = /dev/button/gulpb Transmeta GULP-B buttons
415 202 = /dev/emd/ctl Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) control
416 204 = /dev/video/em8300 EM8300 DVD decoder control
417 205 = /dev/video/em8300_mv EM8300 DVD decoder video
418 206 = /dev/video/em8300_ma EM8300 DVD decoder audio
419 207 = /dev/video/em8300_sp EM8300 DVD decoder subpicture
420 208 = /dev/compaq/cpqphpc Compaq PCI Hot Plug Controller
421 209 = /dev/compaq/cpqrid Compaq Remote Insight Driver
422 210 = /dev/impi/bt IMPI coprocessor block transfer
423 211 = /dev/impi/smic IMPI coprocessor stream interface
424 212 = /dev/watchdogs/0 First watchdog device
425 213 = /dev/watchdogs/1 Second watchdog device
426 214 = /dev/watchdogs/2 Third watchdog device
427 215 = /dev/watchdogs/3 Fourth watchdog device
428 216 = /dev/fujitsu/apanel Fujitsu/Siemens application panel
429 217 = /dev/ni/natmotn National Instruments Motion
430 218 = /dev/kchuid Inter-process chuid control
431 219 = /dev/modems/mwave MWave modem firmware upload
432 220 = /dev/mptctl Message passing technology (MPT) control
433 221 = /dev/mvista/hssdsi Montavista PICMG hot swap system driver
434 222 = /dev/mvista/hasi Montavista PICMG high availability
435 223 = /dev/input/uinput User level driver support for input
436 224 = /dev/tpm TCPA TPM driver
437 225 = /dev/pps Pulse Per Second driver
438 226 = /dev/systrace Systrace device
439 227 = /dev/mcelog X86_64 Machine Check Exception driver
440 228 = /dev/hpet HPET driver
441 229 = /dev/fuse Fuse (virtual filesystem in user-space)
442 230 = /dev/midishare MidiShare driver
443 231 = /dev/snapshot System memory snapshot device
444 232 = /dev/kvm Kernel-based virtual machine (hardware virtualization extensions)
445 233 = /dev/kmview View-OS A process with a view
446 234 = /dev/btrfs-control Btrfs control device
447 235 = /dev/autofs Autofs control device
448 240-254 Reserved for local use
449 255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
451 11 char Raw keyboard device (Linux/SPARC only)
452 0 = /dev/kbd Raw keyboard device
454 11 char Serial Mux device (Linux/PA-RISC only)
455 0 = /dev/ttyB0 First mux port
456 1 = /dev/ttyB1 Second mux port
457 ...
459 11 block SCSI CD-ROM devices
460 0 = /dev/scd0 First SCSI CD-ROM
461 1 = /dev/scd1 Second SCSI CD-ROM
462 ...
464 The prefix /dev/sr (instead of /dev/scd) has been deprecated.
466 12 char QIC-02 tape
467 2 = /dev/ntpqic11 QIC-11, no rewind-on-close
468 3 = /dev/tpqic11 QIC-11, rewind-on-close
469 4 = /dev/ntpqic24 QIC-24, no rewind-on-close
470 5 = /dev/tpqic24 QIC-24, rewind-on-close
471 6 = /dev/ntpqic120 QIC-120, no rewind-on-close
472 7 = /dev/tpqic120 QIC-120, rewind-on-close
473 8 = /dev/ntpqic150 QIC-150, no rewind-on-close
474 9 = /dev/tpqic150 QIC-150, rewind-on-close
476 The device names specified are proposed -- if there
477 are "standard" names for these devices, please let me know.
479 12 block
481 13 char Input core
482 0 = /dev/input/js0 First joystick
483 1 = /dev/input/js1 Second joystick
484 ...
485 32 = /dev/input/mouse0 First mouse
486 33 = /dev/input/mouse1 Second mouse
487 ...
488 63 = /dev/input/mice Unified mouse
489 64 = /dev/input/event0 First event queue
490 65 = /dev/input/event1 Second event queue
491 ...
493 Each device type has 5 bits (32 minors).
495 13 block 8-bit MFM/RLL/IDE controller
496 0 = /dev/xda First XT disk whole disk
497 64 = /dev/xdb Second XT disk whole disk
499 Partitions are handled in the same way as IDE disks
500 (see major number 3).
502 14 char Open Sound System (OSS)
503 0 = /dev/mixer Mixer control
504 1 = /dev/sequencer Audio sequencer
505 2 = /dev/midi00 First MIDI port
506 3 = /dev/dsp Digital audio
507 4 = /dev/audio Sun-compatible digital audio
508 6 =
509 7 = /dev/audioctl SPARC audio control device
510 8 = /dev/sequencer2 Sequencer -- alternate device
511 16 = /dev/mixer1 Second soundcard mixer control
512 17 = /dev/patmgr0 Sequencer patch manager
513 18 = /dev/midi01 Second MIDI port
514 19 = /dev/dsp1 Second soundcard digital audio
515 20 = /dev/audio1 Second soundcard Sun digital audio
516 33 = /dev/patmgr1 Sequencer patch manager
517 34 = /dev/midi02 Third MIDI port
518 50 = /dev/midi03 Fourth MIDI port
520 14 block
522 15 char Joystick
523 0 = /dev/js0 First analog joystick
524 1 = /dev/js1 Second analog joystick
525 ...
526 128 = /dev/djs0 First digital joystick
527 129 = /dev/djs1 Second digital joystick
528 ...
529 15 block Sony CDU-31A/CDU-33A CD-ROM
530 0 = /dev/sonycd Sony CDU-31a CD-ROM
532 16 char Non-SCSI scanners
533 0 = /dev/gs4500 Genius 4500 handheld scanner
535 16 block GoldStar CD-ROM
536 0 = /dev/gscd GoldStar CD-ROM
538 17 char OBSOLETE (was Chase serial card)
539 0 = /dev/ttyH0 First Chase port
540 1 = /dev/ttyH1 Second Chase port
541 ...
542 17 block Optics Storage CD-ROM
543 0 = /dev/optcd Optics Storage CD-ROM
545 18 char OBSOLETE (was Chase serial card - alternate devices)
546 0 = /dev/cuh0 Callout device for ttyH0
547 1 = /dev/cuh1 Callout device for ttyH1
548 ...
549 18 block Sanyo CD-ROM
550 0 = /dev/sjcd Sanyo CD-ROM
552 19 char Cyclades serial card
553 0 = /dev/ttyC0 First Cyclades port
554 ...
555 31 = /dev/ttyC31 32nd Cyclades port
557 19 block "Double" compressed disk
558 0 = /dev/double0 First compressed disk
559 ...
560 7 = /dev/double7 Eighth compressed disk
561 128 = /dev/cdouble0 Mirror of first compressed disk
562 ...
563 135 = /dev/cdouble7 Mirror of eighth compressed disk
565 See the Double documentation for the meaning of the
566 mirror devices.
568 20 char Cyclades serial card - alternate devices
569 0 = /dev/cub0 Callout device for ttyC0
570 ...
571 31 = /dev/cub31 Callout device for ttyC31
573 20 block Hitachi CD-ROM (under development)
574 0 = /dev/hitcd Hitachi CD-ROM
576 21 char Generic SCSI access
577 0 = /dev/sg0 First generic SCSI device
578 1 = /dev/sg1 Second generic SCSI device
579 ...
581 Most distributions name these /dev/sga, /dev/sgb...;
582 this sets an unnecessary limit of 26 SCSI devices in
583 the system and is counter to standard Linux
584 device-naming practice.
586 21 block Acorn MFM hard drive interface
587 0 = /dev/mfma First MFM drive whole disk
588 64 = /dev/mfmb Second MFM drive whole disk
590 This device is used on the ARM-based Acorn RiscPC.
591 Partitions are handled the same way as for IDE disks
592 (see major number 3).
594 22 char Digiboard serial card
595 0 = /dev/ttyD0 First Digiboard port
596 1 = /dev/ttyD1 Second Digiboard port
597 ...
598 22 block Second IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
599 0 = /dev/hdc Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
600 64 = /dev/hdd Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
602 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
603 interface (see major number 3).
605 23 char Digiboard serial card - alternate devices
606 0 = /dev/cud0 Callout device for ttyD0
607 1 = /dev/cud1 Callout device for ttyD1
608 ...
609 23 block Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM
610 0 = /dev/mcd Mitsumi CD-ROM
612 24 char Stallion serial card
613 0 = /dev/ttyE0 Stallion port 0 card 0
614 1 = /dev/ttyE1 Stallion port 1 card 0
615 ...
616 64 = /dev/ttyE64 Stallion port 0 card 1
617 65 = /dev/ttyE65 Stallion port 1 card 1
618 ...
619 128 = /dev/ttyE128 Stallion port 0 card 2
620 129 = /dev/ttyE129 Stallion port 1 card 2
621 ...
622 192 = /dev/ttyE192 Stallion port 0 card 3
623 193 = /dev/ttyE193 Stallion port 1 card 3
624 ...
625 24 block Sony CDU-535 CD-ROM
626 0 = /dev/cdu535 Sony CDU-535 CD-ROM
628 25 char Stallion serial card - alternate devices
629 0 = /dev/cue0 Callout device for ttyE0
630 1 = /dev/cue1 Callout device for ttyE1
631 ...
632 64 = /dev/cue64 Callout device for ttyE64
633 65 = /dev/cue65 Callout device for ttyE65
634 ...
635 128 = /dev/cue128 Callout device for ttyE128
636 129 = /dev/cue129 Callout device for ttyE129
637 ...
638 192 = /dev/cue192 Callout device for ttyE192
639 193 = /dev/cue193 Callout device for ttyE193
640 ...
641 25 block First Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
642 0 = /dev/sbpcd0 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 0
643 1 = /dev/sbpcd1 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 1
644 2 = /dev/sbpcd2 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 2
645 3 = /dev/sbpcd3 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 3
647 26 char
649 26 block Second Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
650 0 = /dev/sbpcd4 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 0
651 1 = /dev/sbpcd5 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 1
652 2 = /dev/sbpcd6 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 2
653 3 = /dev/sbpcd7 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 3
655 27 char QIC-117 tape
656 0 = /dev/qft0 Unit 0, rewind-on-close
657 1 = /dev/qft1 Unit 1, rewind-on-close
658 2 = /dev/qft2 Unit 2, rewind-on-close
659 3 = /dev/qft3 Unit 3, rewind-on-close
660 4 = /dev/nqft0 Unit 0, no rewind-on-close
661 5 = /dev/nqft1 Unit 1, no rewind-on-close
662 6 = /dev/nqft2 Unit 2, no rewind-on-close
663 7 = /dev/nqft3 Unit 3, no rewind-on-close
664 16 = /dev/zqft0 Unit 0, rewind-on-close, compression
665 17 = /dev/zqft1 Unit 1, rewind-on-close, compression
666 18 = /dev/zqft2 Unit 2, rewind-on-close, compression
667 19 = /dev/zqft3 Unit 3, rewind-on-close, compression
668 20 = /dev/nzqft0 Unit 0, no rewind-on-close, compression
669 21 = /dev/nzqft1 Unit 1, no rewind-on-close, compression
670 22 = /dev/nzqft2 Unit 2, no rewind-on-close, compression
671 23 = /dev/nzqft3 Unit 3, no rewind-on-close, compression
672 32 = /dev/rawqft0 Unit 0, rewind-on-close, no file marks
673 33 = /dev/rawqft1 Unit 1, rewind-on-close, no file marks
674 34 = /dev/rawqft2 Unit 2, rewind-on-close, no file marks
675 35 = /dev/rawqft3 Unit 3, rewind-on-close, no file marks
676 36 = /dev/nrawqft0 Unit 0, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
677 37 = /dev/nrawqft1 Unit 1, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
678 38 = /dev/nrawqft2 Unit 2, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
679 39 = /dev/nrawqft3 Unit 3, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
681 27 block Third Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
682 0 = /dev/sbpcd8 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 0
683 1 = /dev/sbpcd9 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 1
684 2 = /dev/sbpcd10 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 2
685 3 = /dev/sbpcd11 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 3
687 28 char Stallion serial card - card programming
688 0 = /dev/staliomem0 First Stallion card I/O memory
689 1 = /dev/staliomem1 Second Stallion card I/O memory
690 2 = /dev/staliomem2 Third Stallion card I/O memory
691 3 = /dev/staliomem3 Fourth Stallion card I/O memory
693 28 char Atari SLM ACSI laser printer (68k/Atari)
694 0 = /dev/slm0 First SLM laser printer
695 1 = /dev/slm1 Second SLM laser printer
696 ...
697 28 block Fourth Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
698 0 = /dev/sbpcd12 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 0
699 1 = /dev/sbpcd13 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 1
700 2 = /dev/sbpcd14 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 2
701 3 = /dev/sbpcd15 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 3
703 28 block ACSI disk (68k/Atari)
704 0 = /dev/ada First ACSI disk whole disk
705 16 = /dev/adb Second ACSI disk whole disk
706 32 = /dev/adc Third ACSI disk whole disk
707 ...
708 240 = /dev/adp 16th ACSI disk whole disk
710 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
711 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
712 partitions is 15, like SCSI.
714 29 char Universal frame buffer
715 0 = /dev/fb0 First frame buffer
716 1 = /dev/fb1 Second frame buffer
717 ...
718 31 = /dev/fb31 32nd frame buffer
720 29 block Aztech/Orchid/Okano/Wearnes CD-ROM
721 0 = /dev/aztcd Aztech CD-ROM
723 30 char iBCS-2 compatibility devices
724 0 = /dev/socksys Socket access
725 1 = /dev/spx SVR3 local X interface
726 32 = /dev/inet/ip Network access
727 33 = /dev/inet/icmp
728 34 = /dev/inet/ggp
729 35 = /dev/inet/ipip
730 36 = /dev/inet/tcp
731 37 = /dev/inet/egp
732 38 = /dev/inet/pup
733 39 = /dev/inet/udp
734 40 = /dev/inet/idp
735 41 = /dev/inet/rawip
737 Additionally, iBCS-2 requires the following links:
739 /dev/ip -> /dev/inet/ip
740 /dev/icmp -> /dev/inet/icmp
741 /dev/ggp -> /dev/inet/ggp
742 /dev/ipip -> /dev/inet/ipip
743 /dev/tcp -> /dev/inet/tcp
744 /dev/egp -> /dev/inet/egp
745 /dev/pup -> /dev/inet/pup
746 /dev/udp -> /dev/inet/udp
747 /dev/idp -> /dev/inet/idp
748 /dev/rawip -> /dev/inet/rawip
749 /dev/inet/arp -> /dev/inet/udp
750 /dev/inet/rip -> /dev/inet/udp
751 /dev/nfsd -> /dev/socksys
752 /dev/X0R -> /dev/null (? apparently not required ?)
754 30 block Philips LMS CM-205 CD-ROM
755 0 = /dev/cm205cd Philips LMS CM-205 CD-ROM
757 /dev/lmscd is an older name for this device. This
758 driver does not work with the CM-205MS CD-ROM.
760 31 char MPU-401 MIDI
761 0 = /dev/mpu401data MPU-401 data port
762 1 = /dev/mpu401stat MPU-401 status port
764 31 block ROM/flash memory card
765 0 = /dev/rom0 First ROM card (rw)
766 ...
767 7 = /dev/rom7 Eighth ROM card (rw)
768 8 = /dev/rrom0 First ROM card (ro)
769 ...
770 15 = /dev/rrom7 Eighth ROM card (ro)
771 16 = /dev/flash0 First flash memory card (rw)
772 ...
773 23 = /dev/flash7 Eighth flash memory card (rw)
774 24 = /dev/rflash0 First flash memory card (ro)
775 ...
776 31 = /dev/rflash7 Eighth flash memory card (ro)
778 The read-write (rw) devices support back-caching
779 written data in RAM, as well as writing to flash RAM
780 devices. The read-only devices (ro) support reading
781 only.
783 32 char Specialix serial card
784 0 = /dev/ttyX0 First Specialix port
785 1 = /dev/ttyX1 Second Specialix port
786 ...
787 32 block Philips LMS CM-206 CD-ROM
788 0 = /dev/cm206cd Philips LMS CM-206 CD-ROM
790 33 char Specialix serial card - alternate devices
791 0 = /dev/cux0 Callout device for ttyX0
792 1 = /dev/cux1 Callout device for ttyX1
793 ...
794 33 block Third IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
795 0 = /dev/hde Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
796 64 = /dev/hdf Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
798 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
799 interface (see major number 3).
801 34 char Z8530 HDLC driver
802 0 = /dev/scc0 First Z8530, first port
803 1 = /dev/scc1 First Z8530, second port
804 2 = /dev/scc2 Second Z8530, first port
805 3 = /dev/scc3 Second Z8530, second port
806 ...
808 In a previous version these devices were named
809 /dev/sc1 for /dev/scc0, /dev/sc2 for /dev/scc1, and so
810 on.
812 34 block Fourth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
813 0 = /dev/hdg Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
814 64 = /dev/hdh Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
816 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
817 interface (see major number 3).
819 35 char tclmidi MIDI driver
820 0 = /dev/midi0 First MIDI port, kernel timed
821 1 = /dev/midi1 Second MIDI port, kernel timed
822 2 = /dev/midi2 Third MIDI port, kernel timed
823 3 = /dev/midi3 Fourth MIDI port, kernel timed
824 64 = /dev/rmidi0 First MIDI port, untimed
825 65 = /dev/rmidi1 Second MIDI port, untimed
826 66 = /dev/rmidi2 Third MIDI port, untimed
827 67 = /dev/rmidi3 Fourth MIDI port, untimed
828 128 = /dev/smpte0 First MIDI port, SMPTE timed
829 129 = /dev/smpte1 Second MIDI port, SMPTE timed
830 130 = /dev/smpte2 Third MIDI port, SMPTE timed
831 131 = /dev/smpte3 Fourth MIDI port, SMPTE timed
833 35 block Slow memory ramdisk
834 0 = /dev/slram Slow memory ramdisk
836 36 char Netlink support
837 0 = /dev/route Routing, device updates, kernel to user
838 1 = /dev/skip enSKIP security cache control
839 3 = /dev/fwmonitor Firewall packet copies
840 16 = /dev/tap0 First Ethertap device
841 ...
842 31 = /dev/tap15 16th Ethertap device
844 36 block MCA ESDI hard disk
845 0 = /dev/eda First ESDI disk whole disk
846 64 = /dev/edb Second ESDI disk whole disk
847 ...
849 Partitions are handled in the same way as IDE disks
850 (see major number 3).
852 37 char IDE tape
853 0 = /dev/ht0 First IDE tape
854 1 = /dev/ht1 Second IDE tape
855 ...
856 128 = /dev/nht0 First IDE tape, no rewind-on-close
857 129 = /dev/nht1 Second IDE tape, no rewind-on-close
858 ...
860 Currently, only one IDE tape drive is supported.
862 37 block Zorro II ramdisk
863 0 = /dev/z2ram Zorro II ramdisk
865 38 char Myricom PCI Myrinet board
866 0 = /dev/mlanai0 First Myrinet board
867 1 = /dev/mlanai1 Second Myrinet board
868 ...
870 This device is used for status query, board control
871 and "user level packet I/O." This board is also
872 accessible as a standard networking "eth" device.
874 38 block OBSOLETE (was Linux/AP+)
876 39 char ML-16P experimental I/O board
877 0 = /dev/ml16pa-a0 First card, first analog channel
878 1 = /dev/ml16pa-a1 First card, second analog channel
879 ...
880 15 = /dev/ml16pa-a15 First card, 16th analog channel
881 16 = /dev/ml16pa-d First card, digital lines
882 17 = /dev/ml16pa-c0 First card, first counter/timer
883 18 = /dev/ml16pa-c1 First card, second counter/timer
884 19 = /dev/ml16pa-c2 First card, third counter/timer
885 32 = /dev/ml16pb-a0 Second card, first analog channel
886 33 = /dev/ml16pb-a1 Second card, second analog channel
887 ...
888 47 = /dev/ml16pb-a15 Second card, 16th analog channel
889 48 = /dev/ml16pb-d Second card, digital lines
890 49 = /dev/ml16pb-c0 Second card, first counter/timer
891 50 = /dev/ml16pb-c1 Second card, second counter/timer
892 51 = /dev/ml16pb-c2 Second card, third counter/timer
893 ...
894 39 block
896 40 char
898 40 block
900 41 char Yet Another Micro Monitor
901 0 = /dev/yamm Yet Another Micro Monitor
903 41 block
905 42 char Demo/sample use
907 42 block Demo/sample use
909 This number is intended for use in sample code, as
910 well as a general "example" device number. It
911 should never be used for a device driver that is being
912 distributed; either obtain an official number or use
913 the local/experimental range. The sudden addition or
914 removal of a driver with this number should not cause
915 ill effects to the system (bugs excepted.)
917 IN PARTICULAR, ANY DISTRIBUTION WHICH CONTAINS A
918 DEVICE DRIVER USING MAJOR NUMBER 42 IS NONCOMPLIANT.
920 43 char isdn4linux virtual modem
921 0 = /dev/ttyI0 First virtual modem
922 ...
923 63 = /dev/ttyI63 64th virtual modem
925 43 block Network block devices
926 0 = /dev/nb0 First network block device
927 1 = /dev/nb1 Second network block device
928 ...
930 Network Block Device is somehow similar to loopback
931 devices: If you read from it, it sends packet across
932 network asking server for data. If you write to it, it
933 sends packet telling server to write. It could be used
934 to mounting filesystems over the net, swapping over
935 the net, implementing block device in userland etc.
937 44 char isdn4linux virtual modem - alternate devices
938 0 = /dev/cui0 Callout device for ttyI0
939 ...
940 63 = /dev/cui63 Callout device for ttyI63
942 44 block Flash Translation Layer (FTL) filesystems
943 0 = /dev/ftla FTL on first Memory Technology Device
944 16 = /dev/ftlb FTL on second Memory Technology Device
945 32 = /dev/ftlc FTL on third Memory Technology Device
946 ...
947 240 = /dev/ftlp FTL on 16th Memory Technology Device
949 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
950 disks (see major number 3) except that the partition
951 limit is 15 rather than 63 per disk (same as SCSI.)
953 45 char isdn4linux ISDN BRI driver
954 0 = /dev/isdn0 First virtual B channel raw data
955 ...
956 63 = /dev/isdn63 64th virtual B channel raw data
957 64 = /dev/isdnctrl0 First channel control/debug
958 ...
959 127 = /dev/isdnctrl63 64th channel control/debug
961 128 = /dev/ippp0 First SyncPPP device
962 ...
963 191 = /dev/ippp63 64th SyncPPP device
965 255 = /dev/isdninfo ISDN monitor interface
967 45 block Parallel port IDE disk devices
968 0 = /dev/pda First parallel port IDE disk
969 16 = /dev/pdb Second parallel port IDE disk
970 32 = /dev/pdc Third parallel port IDE disk
971 48 = /dev/pdd Fourth parallel port IDE disk
973 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
974 disks (see major number 3) except that the partition
975 limit is 15 rather than 63 per disk.
977 46 char Comtrol Rocketport serial card
978 0 = /dev/ttyR0 First Rocketport port
979 1 = /dev/ttyR1 Second Rocketport port
980 ...
981 46 block Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM devices
982 0 = /dev/pcd0 First parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
983 1 = /dev/pcd1 Second parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
984 2 = /dev/pcd2 Third parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
985 3 = /dev/pcd3 Fourth parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM
987 47 char Comtrol Rocketport serial card - alternate devices
988 0 = /dev/cur0 Callout device for ttyR0
989 1 = /dev/cur1 Callout device for ttyR1
990 ...
991 47 block Parallel port ATAPI disk devices
992 0 = /dev/pf0 First parallel port ATAPI disk
993 1 = /dev/pf1 Second parallel port ATAPI disk
994 2 = /dev/pf2 Third parallel port ATAPI disk
995 3 = /dev/pf3 Fourth parallel port ATAPI disk
997 This driver is intended for floppy disks and similar
998 devices and hence does not support partitioning.
1000 48 char SDL RISCom serial card
1001 0 = /dev/ttyL0 First RISCom port
1002 1 = /dev/ttyL1 Second RISCom port
1003 ...
1004 48 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; first controller
1005 0 = /dev/rd/c0d0 First disk, whole disk
1006 8 = /dev/rd/c0d1 Second disk, whole disk
1007 ...
1008 248 = /dev/rd/c0d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1010 For partitions add:
1011 0 = /dev/rd/c?d? Whole disk
1012 1 = /dev/rd/c?d?p1 First partition
1013 ...
1014 7 = /dev/rd/c?d?p7 Seventh partition
1016 49 char SDL RISCom serial card - alternate devices
1017 0 = /dev/cul0 Callout device for ttyL0
1018 1 = /dev/cul1 Callout device for ttyL1
1019 ...
1020 49 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; second controller
1021 0 = /dev/rd/c1d0 First disk, whole disk
1022 8 = /dev/rd/c1d1 Second disk, whole disk
1023 ...
1024 248 = /dev/rd/c1d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1026 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1028 50 char Reserved for GLINT
1030 50 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; third controller
1031 0 = /dev/rd/c2d0 First disk, whole disk
1032 8 = /dev/rd/c2d1 Second disk, whole disk
1033 ...
1034 248 = /dev/rd/c2d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1036 51 char Baycom radio modem OR Radio Tech BIM-XXX-RS232 radio modem
1037 0 = /dev/bc0 First Baycom radio modem
1038 1 = /dev/bc1 Second Baycom radio modem
1039 ...
1040 51 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fourth controller
1041 0 = /dev/rd/c3d0 First disk, whole disk
1042 8 = /dev/rd/c3d1 Second disk, whole disk
1043 ...
1044 248 = /dev/rd/c3d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1046 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1048 52 char Spellcaster DataComm/BRI ISDN card
1049 0 = /dev/dcbri0 First DataComm card
1050 1 = /dev/dcbri1 Second DataComm card
1051 2 = /dev/dcbri2 Third DataComm card
1052 3 = /dev/dcbri3 Fourth DataComm card
1054 52 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fifth controller
1055 0 = /dev/rd/c4d0 First disk, whole disk
1056 8 = /dev/rd/c4d1 Second disk, whole disk
1057 ...
1058 248 = /dev/rd/c4d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1060 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1062 53 char BDM interface for remote debugging MC683xx microcontrollers
1063 0 = /dev/pd_bdm0 PD BDM interface on lp0
1064 1 = /dev/pd_bdm1 PD BDM interface on lp1
1065 2 = /dev/pd_bdm2 PD BDM interface on lp2
1066 4 = /dev/icd_bdm0 ICD BDM interface on lp0
1067 5 = /dev/icd_bdm1 ICD BDM interface on lp1
1068 6 = /dev/icd_bdm2 ICD BDM interface on lp2
1070 This device is used for the interfacing to the MC683xx
1071 microcontrollers via Background Debug Mode by use of a
1072 Parallel Port interface. PD is the Motorola Public
1073 Domain Interface and ICD is the commercial interface
1074 by P&E.
1076 53 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; sixth controller
1077 0 = /dev/rd/c5d0 First disk, whole disk
1078 8 = /dev/rd/c5d1 Second disk, whole disk
1079 ...
1080 248 = /dev/rd/c5d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1082 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1084 54 char Electrocardiognosis Holter serial card
1085 0 = /dev/holter0 First Holter port
1086 1 = /dev/holter1 Second Holter port
1087 2 = /dev/holter2 Third Holter port
1089 A custom serial card used by Electrocardiognosis SRL
1090 <mseritan@ottonel.pub.ro> to transfer data from Holter
1091 24-hour heart monitoring equipment.
1093 54 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; seventh controller
1094 0 = /dev/rd/c6d0 First disk, whole disk
1095 8 = /dev/rd/c6d1 Second disk, whole disk
1096 ...
1097 248 = /dev/rd/c6d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1099 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1101 55 char DSP56001 digital signal processor
1102 0 = /dev/dsp56k First DSP56001
1104 55 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eighth controller
1105 0 = /dev/rd/c7d0 First disk, whole disk
1106 8 = /dev/rd/c7d1 Second disk, whole disk
1107 ...
1108 248 = /dev/rd/c7d31 32nd disk, whole disk
1110 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
1112 56 char Apple Desktop Bus
1113 0 = /dev/adb ADB bus control
1115 Additional devices will be added to this number, all
1116 starting with /dev/adb.
1118 56 block Fifth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1119 0 = /dev/hdi Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1120 64 = /dev/hdj Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1122 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1123 interface (see major number 3).
1125 57 char Hayes ESP serial card
1126 0 = /dev/ttyP0 First ESP port
1127 1 = /dev/ttyP1 Second ESP port
1128 ...
1130 57 block Sixth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1131 0 = /dev/hdk Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1132 64 = /dev/hdl Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1134 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1135 interface (see major number 3).
1137 58 char Hayes ESP serial card - alternate devices
1138 0 = /dev/cup0 Callout device for ttyP0
1139 1 = /dev/cup1 Callout device for ttyP1
1140 ...
1142 58 block Reserved for logical volume manager
1144 59 char sf firewall package
1145 0 = /dev/firewall Communication with sf kernel module
1147 59 block Generic PDA filesystem device
1148 0 = /dev/pda0 First PDA device
1149 1 = /dev/pda1 Second PDA device
1150 ...
1152 The pda devices are used to mount filesystems on
1153 remote pda's (basically slow handheld machines with
1154 proprietary OS's and limited memory and storage
1155 running small fs translation drivers) through serial /
1156 IRDA / parallel links.
1158 NAMING CONFLICT -- PROPOSED REVISED NAME /dev/rpda0 etc
1160 60-63 char LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
1162 60-63 block LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
1163 Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not
1164 assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
1165 used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
1167 64 char ENskip kernel encryption package
1168 0 = /dev/enskip Communication with ENskip kernel module
1170 64 block Scramdisk/DriveCrypt encrypted devices
1171 0 = /dev/scramdisk/master Master node for ioctls
1172 1 = /dev/scramdisk/1 First encrypted device
1173 2 = /dev/scramdisk/2 Second encrypted device
1174 ...
1175 255 = /dev/scramdisk/255 255th encrypted device
1177 The filename of the encrypted container and the passwords
1178 are sent via ioctls (using the sdmount tool) to the master
1179 node which then activates them via one of the
1180 /dev/scramdisk/x nodes for loop mounting (all handled
1181 through the sdmount tool).
1183 Requested by: andy@scramdisklinux.org
1185 65 char Sundance "plink" Transputer boards (obsolete, unused)
1186 0 = /dev/plink0 First plink device
1187 1 = /dev/plink1 Second plink device
1188 2 = /dev/plink2 Third plink device
1189 3 = /dev/plink3 Fourth plink device
1190 64 = /dev/rplink0 First plink device, raw
1191 65 = /dev/rplink1 Second plink device, raw
1192 66 = /dev/rplink2 Third plink device, raw
1193 67 = /dev/rplink3 Fourth plink device, raw
1194 128 = /dev/plink0d First plink device, debug
1195 129 = /dev/plink1d Second plink device, debug
1196 130 = /dev/plink2d Third plink device, debug
1197 131 = /dev/plink3d Fourth plink device, debug
1198 192 = /dev/rplink0d First plink device, raw, debug
1199 193 = /dev/rplink1d Second plink device, raw, debug
1200 194 = /dev/rplink2d Third plink device, raw, debug
1201 195 = /dev/rplink3d Fourth plink device, raw, debug
1203 This is a commercial driver; contact James Howes
1204 <jth@prosig.demon.co.uk> for information.
1206 65 block SCSI disk devices (16-31)
1207 0 = /dev/sdq 17th SCSI disk whole disk
1208 16 = /dev/sdr 18th SCSI disk whole disk
1209 32 = /dev/sds 19th SCSI disk whole disk
1210 ...
1211 240 = /dev/sdaf 32nd SCSI disk whole disk
1213 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1214 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1215 partitions is 15.
1217 66 char YARC PowerPC PCI coprocessor card
1218 0 = /dev/yppcpci0 First YARC card
1219 1 = /dev/yppcpci1 Second YARC card
1220 ...
1222 66 block SCSI disk devices (32-47)
1223 0 = /dev/sdag 33th SCSI disk whole disk
1224 16 = /dev/sdah 34th SCSI disk whole disk
1225 32 = /dev/sdai 35th SCSI disk whole disk
1226 ...
1227 240 = /dev/sdav 48nd SCSI disk whole disk
1229 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1230 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1231 partitions is 15.
1233 67 char Coda network file system
1234 0 = /dev/cfs0 Coda cache manager
1236 See http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu for information about Coda.
1238 67 block SCSI disk devices (48-63)
1239 0 = /dev/sdaw 49th SCSI disk whole disk
1240 16 = /dev/sdax 50th SCSI disk whole disk
1241 32 = /dev/sday 51st SCSI disk whole disk
1242 ...
1243 240 = /dev/sdbl 64th SCSI disk whole disk
1245 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1246 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1247 partitions is 15.
1249 68 char CAPI 2.0 interface
1250 0 = /dev/capi20 Control device
1251 1 = /dev/capi20.00 First CAPI 2.0 application
1252 2 = /dev/capi20.01 Second CAPI 2.0 application
1253 ...
1254 20 = /dev/capi20.19 19th CAPI 2.0 application
1256 ISDN CAPI 2.0 driver for use with CAPI 2.0
1257 applications; currently supports the AVM B1 card.
1259 68 block SCSI disk devices (64-79)
1260 0 = /dev/sdbm 65th SCSI disk whole disk
1261 16 = /dev/sdbn 66th SCSI disk whole disk
1262 32 = /dev/sdbo 67th SCSI disk whole disk
1263 ...
1264 240 = /dev/sdcb 80th SCSI disk whole disk
1266 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1267 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1268 partitions is 15.
1270 69 char MA16 numeric accelerator card
1271 0 = /dev/ma16 Board memory access
1273 69 block SCSI disk devices (80-95)
1274 0 = /dev/sdcc 81st SCSI disk whole disk
1275 16 = /dev/sdcd 82nd SCSI disk whole disk
1276 32 = /dev/sdce 83th SCSI disk whole disk
1277 ...
1278 240 = /dev/sdcr 96th SCSI disk whole disk
1280 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1281 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1282 partitions is 15.
1284 70 char SpellCaster Protocol Services Interface
1285 0 = /dev/apscfg Configuration interface
1286 1 = /dev/apsauth Authentication interface
1287 2 = /dev/apslog Logging interface
1288 3 = /dev/apsdbg Debugging interface
1289 64 = /dev/apsisdn ISDN command interface
1290 65 = /dev/apsasync Async command interface
1291 128 = /dev/apsmon Monitor interface
1293 70 block SCSI disk devices (96-111)
1294 0 = /dev/sdcs 97th SCSI disk whole disk
1295 16 = /dev/sdct 98th SCSI disk whole disk
1296 32 = /dev/sdcu 99th SCSI disk whole disk
1297 ...
1298 240 = /dev/sddh 112nd SCSI disk whole disk
1300 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1301 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1302 partitions is 15.
1304 71 char Computone IntelliPort II serial card
1305 0 = /dev/ttyF0 IntelliPort II board 0, port 0
1306 1 = /dev/ttyF1 IntelliPort II board 0, port 1
1307 ...
1308 63 = /dev/ttyF63 IntelliPort II board 0, port 63
1309 64 = /dev/ttyF64 IntelliPort II board 1, port 0
1310 65 = /dev/ttyF65 IntelliPort II board 1, port 1
1311 ...
1312 127 = /dev/ttyF127 IntelliPort II board 1, port 63
1313 128 = /dev/ttyF128 IntelliPort II board 2, port 0
1314 129 = /dev/ttyF129 IntelliPort II board 2, port 1
1315 ...
1316 191 = /dev/ttyF191 IntelliPort II board 2, port 63
1317 192 = /dev/ttyF192 IntelliPort II board 3, port 0
1318 193 = /dev/ttyF193 IntelliPort II board 3, port 1
1319 ...
1320 255 = /dev/ttyF255 IntelliPort II board 3, port 63
1322 71 block SCSI disk devices (112-127)
1323 0 = /dev/sddi 113th SCSI disk whole disk
1324 16 = /dev/sddj 114th SCSI disk whole disk
1325 32 = /dev/sddk 115th SCSI disk whole disk
1326 ...
1327 240 = /dev/sddx 128th SCSI disk whole disk
1329 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1330 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1331 partitions is 15.
1333 72 char Computone IntelliPort II serial card - alternate devices
1334 0 = /dev/cuf0 Callout device for ttyF0
1335 1 = /dev/cuf1 Callout device for ttyF1
1336 ...
1337 63 = /dev/cuf63 Callout device for ttyF63
1338 64 = /dev/cuf64 Callout device for ttyF64
1339 65 = /dev/cuf65 Callout device for ttyF65
1340 ...
1341 127 = /dev/cuf127 Callout device for ttyF127
1342 128 = /dev/cuf128 Callout device for ttyF128
1343 129 = /dev/cuf129 Callout device for ttyF129
1344 ...
1345 191 = /dev/cuf191 Callout device for ttyF191
1346 192 = /dev/cuf192 Callout device for ttyF192
1347 193 = /dev/cuf193 Callout device for ttyF193
1348 ...
1349 255 = /dev/cuf255 Callout device for ttyF255
1351 72 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, first controller
1352 0 = /dev/ida/c0d0 First logical drive whole disk
1353 16 = /dev/ida/c0d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1354 ...
1355 240 = /dev/ida/c0d15 16th logical drive whole disk
1357 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1358 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1359 partitions is 15.
1361 73 char Computone IntelliPort II serial card - control devices
1362 0 = /dev/ip2ipl0 Loadware device for board 0
1363 1 = /dev/ip2stat0 Status device for board 0
1364 4 = /dev/ip2ipl1 Loadware device for board 1
1365 5 = /dev/ip2stat1 Status device for board 1
1366 8 = /dev/ip2ipl2 Loadware device for board 2
1367 9 = /dev/ip2stat2 Status device for board 2
1368 12 = /dev/ip2ipl3 Loadware device for board 3
1369 13 = /dev/ip2stat3 Status device for board 3
1371 73 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, second controller
1372 0 = /dev/ida/c1d0 First logical drive whole disk
1373 16 = /dev/ida/c1d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1374 ...
1375 240 = /dev/ida/c1d15 16th logical drive whole disk
1377 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1378 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1379 partitions is 15.
1381 74 char SCI bridge
1382 0 = /dev/SCI/0 SCI device 0
1383 1 = /dev/SCI/1 SCI device 1
1384 ...
1386 Currently for Dolphin Interconnect Solutions' PCI-SCI
1387 bridge.
1389 74 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, third controller
1390 0 = /dev/ida/c2d0 First logical drive whole disk
1391 16 = /dev/ida/c2d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1392 ...
1393 240 = /dev/ida/c2d15 16th logical drive whole disk
1395 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1396 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1397 partitions is 15.
1399 75 char Specialix IO8+ serial card
1400 0 = /dev/ttyW0 First IO8+ port, first card
1401 1 = /dev/ttyW1 Second IO8+ port, first card
1402 ...
1403 8 = /dev/ttyW8 First IO8+ port, second card
1404 ...
1406 75 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, fourth controller
1407 0 = /dev/ida/c3d0 First logical drive whole disk
1408 16 = /dev/ida/c3d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1409 ...
1410 240 = /dev/ida/c3d15 16th logical drive whole disk
1412 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1413 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1414 partitions is 15.
1416 76 char Specialix IO8+ serial card - alternate devices
1417 0 = /dev/cuw0 Callout device for ttyW0
1418 1 = /dev/cuw1 Callout device for ttyW1
1419 ...
1420 8 = /dev/cuw8 Callout device for ttyW8
1421 ...
1423 76 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, fifth controller
1424 0 = /dev/ida/c4d0 First logical drive whole disk
1425 16 = /dev/ida/c4d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1426 ...
1427 240 = /dev/ida/c4d15 16th logical drive whole disk
1429 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1430 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1431 partitions is 15.
1434 77 char ComScire Quantum Noise Generator
1435 0 = /dev/qng ComScire Quantum Noise Generator
1437 77 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, sixth controller
1438 0 = /dev/ida/c5d0 First logical drive whole disk
1439 16 = /dev/ida/c5d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1440 ...
1441 240 = /dev/ida/c5d15 16th logical drive whole disk
1443 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1444 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1445 partitions is 15.
1447 78 char PAM Software's multimodem boards
1448 0 = /dev/ttyM0 First PAM modem
1449 1 = /dev/ttyM1 Second PAM modem
1450 ...
1452 78 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, seventh controller
1453 0 = /dev/ida/c6d0 First logical drive whole disk
1454 16 = /dev/ida/c6d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1455 ...
1456 240 = /dev/ida/c6d15 16th logical drive whole disk
1458 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1459 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1460 partitions is 15.
1462 79 char PAM Software's multimodem boards - alternate devices
1463 0 = /dev/cum0 Callout device for ttyM0
1464 1 = /dev/cum1 Callout device for ttyM1
1465 ...
1467 79 block Compaq Intelligent Drive Array, eighth controller
1468 0 = /dev/ida/c7d0 First logical drive whole disk
1469 16 = /dev/ida/c7d1 Second logical drive whole disk
1470 ...
1471 240 = /dev/ida/c715 16th logical drive whole disk
1473 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1474 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1475 partitions is 15.
1477 80 char Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
1478 0 = /dev/at200 Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
1480 80 block I2O hard disk
1481 0 = /dev/i2o/hda First I2O hard disk, whole disk
1482 16 = /dev/i2o/hdb Second I2O hard disk, whole disk
1483 ...
1484 240 = /dev/i2o/hdp 16th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1486 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1487 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1488 partitions is 15.
1490 81 char video4linux
1491 0 = /dev/video0 Video capture/overlay device
1492 ...
1493 63 = /dev/video63 Video capture/overlay device
1494 64 = /dev/radio0 Radio device
1495 ...
1496 127 = /dev/radio63 Radio device
1497 192 = /dev/vtx0 Teletext device
1498 ...
1499 223 = /dev/vtx31 Teletext device
1500 224 = /dev/vbi0 Vertical blank interrupt
1501 ...
1502 255 = /dev/vbi31 Vertical blank interrupt
1504 81 block I2O hard disk
1505 0 = /dev/i2o/hdq 17th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1506 16 = /dev/i2o/hdr 18th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1507 ...
1508 240 = /dev/i2o/hdaf 32nd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1510 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1511 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1512 partitions is 15.
1514 82 char WiNRADiO communications receiver card
1515 0 = /dev/winradio0 First WiNRADiO card
1516 1 = /dev/winradio1 Second WiNRADiO card
1517 ...
1519 The driver and documentation may be obtained from
1520 http://www.proximity.com.au/~brian/winradio/
1522 82 block I2O hard disk
1523 0 = /dev/i2o/hdag 33rd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1524 16 = /dev/i2o/hdah 34th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1525 ...
1526 240 = /dev/i2o/hdav 48th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1528 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1529 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1530 partitions is 15.
1532 83 char Matrox mga_vid video driver
1533 0 = /dev/mga_vid0 1st video card
1534 1 = /dev/mga_vid1 2nd video card
1535 2 = /dev/mga_vid2 3rd video card
1536 ...
1537 15 = /dev/mga_vid15 16th video card
1539 83 block I2O hard disk
1540 0 = /dev/i2o/hdaw 49th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1541 16 = /dev/i2o/hdax 50th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1542 ...
1543 240 = /dev/i2o/hdbl 64th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1545 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1546 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1547 partitions is 15.
1549 84 char Ikon 1011[57] Versatec Greensheet Interface
1550 0 = /dev/ihcp0 First Greensheet port
1551 1 = /dev/ihcp1 Second Greensheet port
1553 84 block I2O hard disk
1554 0 = /dev/i2o/hdbm 65th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1555 16 = /dev/i2o/hdbn 66th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1556 ...
1557 240 = /dev/i2o/hdcb 80th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1559 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1560 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1561 partitions is 15.
1563 85 char Linux/SGI shared memory input queue
1564 0 = /dev/shmiq Master shared input queue
1565 1 = /dev/qcntl0 First device pushed
1566 2 = /dev/qcntl1 Second device pushed
1567 ...
1569 85 block I2O hard disk
1570 0 = /dev/i2o/hdcc 81st I2O hard disk, whole disk
1571 16 = /dev/i2o/hdcd 82nd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1572 ...
1573 240 = /dev/i2o/hdcr 96th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1575 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1576 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1577 partitions is 15.
1579 86 char SCSI media changer
1580 0 = /dev/sch0 First SCSI media changer
1581 1 = /dev/sch1 Second SCSI media changer
1582 ...
1584 86 block I2O hard disk
1585 0 = /dev/i2o/hdcs 97th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1586 16 = /dev/i2o/hdct 98th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1587 ...
1588 240 = /dev/i2o/hddh 112th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1590 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1591 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1592 partitions is 15.
1594 87 char Sony Control-A1 stereo control bus
1595 0 = /dev/controla0 First device on chain
1596 1 = /dev/controla1 Second device on chain
1597 ...
1599 87 block I2O hard disk
1600 0 = /dev/i2o/hddi 113rd I2O hard disk, whole disk
1601 16 = /dev/i2o/hddj 114th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1602 ...
1603 240 = /dev/i2o/hddx 128th I2O hard disk, whole disk
1605 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1606 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1607 partitions is 15.
1609 88 char COMX synchronous serial card
1610 0 = /dev/comx0 COMX channel 0
1611 1 = /dev/comx1 COMX channel 1
1612 ...
1614 88 block Seventh IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1615 0 = /dev/hdm Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1616 64 = /dev/hdn Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1618 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1619 interface (see major number 3).
1621 89 char I2C bus interface
1622 0 = /dev/i2c-0 First I2C adapter
1623 1 = /dev/i2c-1 Second I2C adapter
1624 ...
1626 89 block Eighth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1627 0 = /dev/hdo Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1628 64 = /dev/hdp Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1630 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1631 interface (see major number 3).
1633 90 char Memory Technology Device (RAM, ROM, Flash)
1634 0 = /dev/mtd0 First MTD (rw)
1635 1 = /dev/mtdr0 First MTD (ro)
1636 ...
1637 30 = /dev/mtd15 16th MTD (rw)
1638 31 = /dev/mtdr15 16th MTD (ro)
1640 90 block Ninth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1641 0 = /dev/hdq Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1642 64 = /dev/hdr Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1644 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1645 interface (see major number 3).
1647 91 char CAN-Bus devices
1648 0 = /dev/can0 First CAN-Bus controller
1649 1 = /dev/can1 Second CAN-Bus controller
1650 ...
1652 91 block Tenth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
1653 0 = /dev/hds Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1654 64 = /dev/hdt Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
1656 Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
1657 interface (see major number 3).
1659 92 char Reserved for ith Kommunikationstechnik MIC ISDN card
1661 92 block PPDD encrypted disk driver
1662 0 = /dev/ppdd0 First encrypted disk
1663 1 = /dev/ppdd1 Second encrypted disk
1664 ...
1666 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1667 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1668 partitions is 15.
1670 93 char
1672 93 block NAND Flash Translation Layer filesystem
1673 0 = /dev/nftla First NFTL layer
1674 16 = /dev/nftlb Second NFTL layer
1675 ...
1676 240 = /dev/nftlp 16th NTFL layer
1678 94 char
1680 94 block IBM S/390 DASD block storage
1681 0 = /dev/dasda First DASD device, major
1682 1 = /dev/dasda1 First DASD device, block 1
1683 2 = /dev/dasda2 First DASD device, block 2
1684 3 = /dev/dasda3 First DASD device, block 3
1685 4 = /dev/dasdb Second DASD device, major
1686 5 = /dev/dasdb1 Second DASD device, block 1
1687 6 = /dev/dasdb2 Second DASD device, block 2
1688 7 = /dev/dasdb3 Second DASD device, block 3
1689 ...
1691 95 char IP filter
1692 0 = /dev/ipl Filter control device/log file
1693 1 = /dev/ipnat NAT control device/log file
1694 2 = /dev/ipstate State information log file
1695 3 = /dev/ipauth Authentication control device/log file
1696 ...
1698 96 char Parallel port ATAPI tape devices
1699 0 = /dev/pt0 First parallel port ATAPI tape
1700 1 = /dev/pt1 Second parallel port ATAPI tape
1701 ...
1702 128 = /dev/npt0 First p.p. ATAPI tape, no rewind
1703 129 = /dev/npt1 Second p.p. ATAPI tape, no rewind
1704 ...
1706 96 block Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer
1707 0 = /dev/inftla First INFTL layer
1708 16 = /dev/inftlb Second INFTL layer
1709 ...
1710 240 = /dev/inftlp 16th INTFL layer
1712 97 char Parallel port generic ATAPI interface
1713 0 = /dev/pg0 First parallel port ATAPI device
1714 1 = /dev/pg1 Second parallel port ATAPI device
1715 2 = /dev/pg2 Third parallel port ATAPI device
1716 3 = /dev/pg3 Fourth parallel port ATAPI device
1718 These devices support the same API as the generic SCSI
1719 devices.
1721 98 char Control and Measurement Device (comedi)
1722 0 = /dev/comedi0 First comedi device
1723 1 = /dev/comedi1 Second comedi device
1724 ...
1726 See http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi or http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/.
1728 98 block User-mode virtual block device
1729 0 = /dev/ubda First user-mode block device
1730 16 = /dev/udbb Second user-mode block device
1731 ...
1733 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1734 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1735 partitions is 15.
1737 This device is used by the user-mode virtual kernel port.
1739 99 char Raw parallel ports
1740 0 = /dev/parport0 First parallel port
1741 1 = /dev/parport1 Second parallel port
1742 ...
1744 99 block JavaStation flash disk
1745 0 = /dev/jsfd JavaStation flash disk
1747 100 char Telephony for Linux
1748 0 = /dev/phone0 First telephony device
1749 1 = /dev/phone1 Second telephony device
1750 ...
1752 101 char Motorola DSP 56xxx board
1753 0 = /dev/mdspstat Status information
1754 1 = /dev/mdsp1 First DSP board I/O controls
1755 ...
1756 16 = /dev/mdsp16 16th DSP board I/O controls
1758 101 block AMI HyperDisk RAID controller
1759 0 = /dev/amiraid/ar0 First array whole disk
1760 16 = /dev/amiraid/ar1 Second array whole disk
1761 ...
1762 240 = /dev/amiraid/ar15 16th array whole disk
1764 For each device, partitions are added as:
1765 0 = /dev/amiraid/ar? Whole disk
1766 1 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p1 First partition
1767 2 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p2 Second partition
1768 ...
1769 15 = /dev/amiraid/ar?p15 15th partition
1771 102 char
1773 102 block Compressed block device
1774 0 = /dev/cbd/a First compressed block device, whole device
1775 16 = /dev/cbd/b Second compressed block device, whole device
1776 ...
1777 240 = /dev/cbd/p 16th compressed block device, whole device
1779 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1780 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1781 partitions is 15.
1783 103 char Arla network file system
1784 0 = /dev/nnpfs0 First NNPFS device
1785 1 = /dev/nnpfs1 Second NNPFS device
1787 Arla is a free clone of the Andrew File System, AFS.
1788 The NNPFS device gives user mode filesystem
1789 implementations a kernel presence for caching and easy
1790 mounting. For more information about the project,
1791 write to <arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se> or see
1792 http://www.stacken.kth.se/project/arla/
1794 103 block Audit device
1795 0 = /dev/audit Audit device
1797 104 char Flash BIOS support
1799 104 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, first controller
1800 0 = /dev/cciss/c0d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1801 16 = /dev/cciss/c0d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1802 ...
1803 240 = /dev/cciss/c0d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1805 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1806 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1807 partitions is 15.
1809 105 char Comtrol VS-1000 serial controller
1810 0 = /dev/ttyV0 First VS-1000 port
1811 1 = /dev/ttyV1 Second VS-1000 port
1812 ...
1814 105 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, second controller
1815 0 = /dev/cciss/c1d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1816 16 = /dev/cciss/c1d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1817 ...
1818 240 = /dev/cciss/c1d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1820 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1821 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1822 partitions is 15.
1824 106 char Comtrol VS-1000 serial controller - alternate devices
1825 0 = /dev/cuv0 First VS-1000 port
1826 1 = /dev/cuv1 Second VS-1000 port
1827 ...
1829 106 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, third controller
1830 0 = /dev/cciss/c2d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1831 16 = /dev/cciss/c2d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1832 ...
1833 240 = /dev/cciss/c2d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1835 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1836 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1837 partitions is 15.
1839 107 char 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics device
1840 0 = /dev/3dfx Primary 3Dfx graphics device
1842 107 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, fourth controller
1843 0 = /dev/cciss/c3d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1844 16 = /dev/cciss/c3d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1845 ...
1846 240 = /dev/cciss/c3d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1848 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1849 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1850 partitions is 15.
1852 108 char Device independent PPP interface
1853 0 = /dev/ppp Device independent PPP interface
1855 108 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, fifth controller
1856 0 = /dev/cciss/c4d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1857 16 = /dev/cciss/c4d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1858 ...
1859 240 = /dev/cciss/c4d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1861 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1862 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1863 partitions is 15.
1865 109 char Reserved for logical volume manager
1867 109 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, sixth controller
1868 0 = /dev/cciss/c5d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1869 16 = /dev/cciss/c5d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1870 ...
1871 240 = /dev/cciss/c5d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1873 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1874 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1875 partitions is 15.
1877 110 char miroMEDIA Surround board
1878 0 = /dev/srnd0 First miroMEDIA Surround board
1879 1 = /dev/srnd1 Second miroMEDIA Surround board
1880 ...
1882 110 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, seventh controller
1883 0 = /dev/cciss/c6d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1884 16 = /dev/cciss/c6d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1885 ...
1886 240 = /dev/cciss/c6d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1888 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1889 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1890 partitions is 15.
1892 111 char
1894 111 block Compaq Next Generation Drive Array, eighth controller
1895 0 = /dev/cciss/c7d0 First logical drive, whole disk
1896 16 = /dev/cciss/c7d1 Second logical drive, whole disk
1897 ...
1898 240 = /dev/cciss/c7d15 16th logical drive, whole disk
1900 Partitions are handled the same way as for Mylex
1901 DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
1902 partitions is 15.
1904 112 char ISI serial card
1905 0 = /dev/ttyM0 First ISI port
1906 1 = /dev/ttyM1 Second ISI port
1907 ...
1909 There is currently a device-naming conflict between
1910 these and PAM multimodems (major 78).
1912 112 block IBM iSeries virtual disk
1913 0 = /dev/iseries/vda First virtual disk, whole disk
1914 8 = /dev/iseries/vdb Second virtual disk, whole disk
1915 ...
1916 200 = /dev/iseries/vdz 26th virtual disk, whole disk
1917 208 = /dev/iseries/vdaa 27th virtual disk, whole disk
1918 ...
1919 248 = /dev/iseries/vdaf 32nd virtual disk, whole disk
1921 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1922 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1923 partitions is 7.
1925 113 char ISI serial card - alternate devices
1926 0 = /dev/cum0 Callout device for ttyM0
1927 1 = /dev/cum1 Callout device for ttyM1
1928 ...
1930 113 block IBM iSeries virtual CD-ROM
1931 0 = /dev/iseries/vcda First virtual CD-ROM
1932 1 = /dev/iseries/vcdb Second virtual CD-ROM
1933 ...
1935 114 char Picture Elements ISE board
1936 0 = /dev/ise0 First ISE board
1937 1 = /dev/ise1 Second ISE board
1938 ...
1939 128 = /dev/isex0 Control node for first ISE board
1940 129 = /dev/isex1 Control node for second ISE board
1941 ...
1943 The ISE board is an embedded computer, optimized for
1944 image processing. The /dev/iseN nodes are the general
1945 I/O access to the board, the /dev/isex0 nodes command
1946 nodes used to control the board.
1948 114 block IDE BIOS powered software RAID interfaces such as the
1949 Promise Fastrak
1951 0 = /dev/ataraid/d0
1952 1 = /dev/ataraid/d0p1
1953 2 = /dev/ataraid/d0p2
1954 ...
1955 16 = /dev/ataraid/d1
1956 17 = /dev/ataraid/d1p1
1957 18 = /dev/ataraid/d1p2
1958 ...
1959 255 = /dev/ataraid/d15p15
1961 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
1962 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
1963 partitions is 15.
1965 115 char TI link cable devices (115 was formerly the console driver speaker)
1966 0 = /dev/tipar0 Parallel cable on first parallel port
1967 ...
1968 7 = /dev/tipar7 Parallel cable on seventh parallel port
1970 8 = /dev/tiser0 Serial cable on first serial port
1971 ...
1972 15 = /dev/tiser7 Serial cable on seventh serial port
1974 16 = /dev/tiusb0 First USB cable
1975 ...
1976 47 = /dev/tiusb31 32nd USB cable
1978 115 block NetWare (NWFS) Devices (0-255)
1980 The NWFS (NetWare) devices are used to present a
1981 collection of NetWare Mirror Groups or NetWare
1982 Partitions as a logical storage segment for
1983 use in mounting NetWare volumes. A maximum of
1984 256 NetWare volumes can be supported in a single
1985 machine.
1987 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jmerkey/nwfs
1989 0 = /dev/nwfs/v0 First NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1990 1 = /dev/nwfs/v1 Second NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1991 2 = /dev/nwfs/v2 Third NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1992 ...
1993 255 = /dev/nwfs/v255 Last NetWare (NWFS) Logical Volume
1995 116 char Advanced Linux Sound Driver (ALSA)
1997 116 block MicroMemory battery backed RAM adapter (NVRAM)
1998 Supports 16 boards, 15 partitions each.
1999 Requested by neilb at cse.unsw.edu.au.
2001 0 = /dev/umem/d0 Whole of first board
2002 1 = /dev/umem/d0p1 First partition of first board
2003 2 = /dev/umem/d0p2 Second partition of first board
2004 15 = /dev/umem/d0p15 15th partition of first board
2006 16 = /dev/umem/d1 Whole of second board
2007 17 = /dev/umem/d1p1 First partition of second board
2008 ...
2009 255= /dev/umem/d15p15 15th partition of 16th board.
2011 117 char COSA/SRP synchronous serial card
2012 0 = /dev/cosa0c0 1st board, 1st channel
2013 1 = /dev/cosa0c1 1st board, 2nd channel
2014 ...
2015 16 = /dev/cosa1c0 2nd board, 1st channel
2016 17 = /dev/cosa1c1 2nd board, 2nd channel
2017 ...
2019 117 block Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS)
2021 The EVMS driver uses a layered, plug-in model to provide
2022 unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing
2023 storage. This allows for easy expansion or customization
2024 of various levels of volume management. Requested by
2025 Mark Peloquin (peloquin at us.ibm.com).
2027 Note: EVMS populates and manages all the devnodes in
2028 /dev/evms.
2030 http://sf.net/projects/evms
2032 0 = /dev/evms/block_device EVMS block device
2033 1 = /dev/evms/legacyname1 First EVMS legacy device
2034 2 = /dev/evms/legacyname2 Second EVMS legacy device
2035 ...
2036 Both ranges can grow (down or up) until they meet.
2037 ...
2038 254 = /dev/evms/EVMSname2 Second EVMS native device
2039 255 = /dev/evms/EVMSname1 First EVMS native device
2041 Note: legacyname(s) are derived from the normal legacy
2042 device names. For example, /dev/hda5 would become
2043 /dev/evms/hda5.
2045 118 char IBM Cryptographic Accelerator
2046 0 = /dev/ica Virtual interface to all IBM Crypto Accelerators
2047 1 = /dev/ica0 IBMCA Device 0
2048 2 = /dev/ica1 IBMCA Device 1
2049 ...
2051 119 char VMware virtual network control
2052 0 = /dev/vnet0 1st virtual network
2053 1 = /dev/vnet1 2nd virtual network
2054 ...
2056 120-127 char LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
2058 120-127 block LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
2059 Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not
2060 assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
2061 used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
2063 128-135 char Unix98 PTY masters
2065 These devices should not have corresponding device
2066 nodes; instead they should be accessed through the
2067 /dev/ptmx cloning interface.
2069 128 block SCSI disk devices (128-143)
2070 0 = /dev/sddy 129th SCSI disk whole disk
2071 16 = /dev/sddz 130th SCSI disk whole disk
2072 32 = /dev/sdea 131th SCSI disk whole disk
2073 ...
2074 240 = /dev/sden 144th SCSI disk whole disk
2076 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2077 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2078 partitions is 15.
2080 129 block SCSI disk devices (144-159)
2081 0 = /dev/sdeo 145th SCSI disk whole disk
2082 16 = /dev/sdep 146th SCSI disk whole disk
2083 32 = /dev/sdeq 147th SCSI disk whole disk
2084 ...
2085 240 = /dev/sdfd 160th SCSI disk whole disk
2087 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2088 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2089 partitions is 15.
2091 130 char (Misc devices)
2093 130 block SCSI disk devices (160-175)
2094 0 = /dev/sdfe 161st SCSI disk whole disk
2095 16 = /dev/sdff 162nd SCSI disk whole disk
2096 32 = /dev/sdfg 163rd SCSI disk whole disk
2097 ...
2098 240 = /dev/sdft 176th SCSI disk whole disk
2100 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2101 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2102 partitions is 15.
2104 131 block SCSI disk devices (176-191)
2105 0 = /dev/sdfu 177th SCSI disk whole disk
2106 16 = /dev/sdfv 178th SCSI disk whole disk
2107 32 = /dev/sdfw 179th SCSI disk whole disk
2108 ...
2109 240 = /dev/sdgj 192nd SCSI disk whole disk
2111 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2112 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2113 partitions is 15.
2115 132 block SCSI disk devices (192-207)
2116 0 = /dev/sdgk 193rd SCSI disk whole disk
2117 16 = /dev/sdgl 194th SCSI disk whole disk
2118 32 = /dev/sdgm 195th SCSI disk whole disk
2119 ...
2120 240 = /dev/sdgz 208th SCSI disk whole disk
2122 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2123 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2124 partitions is 15.
2126 133 block SCSI disk devices (208-223)
2127 0 = /dev/sdha 209th SCSI disk whole disk
2128 16 = /dev/sdhb 210th SCSI disk whole disk
2129 32 = /dev/sdhc 211th SCSI disk whole disk
2130 ...
2131 240 = /dev/sdhp 224th SCSI disk whole disk
2133 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2134 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2135 partitions is 15.
2137 134 block SCSI disk devices (224-239)
2138 0 = /dev/sdhq 225th SCSI disk whole disk
2139 16 = /dev/sdhr 226th SCSI disk whole disk
2140 32 = /dev/sdhs 227th SCSI disk whole disk
2141 ...
2142 240 = /dev/sdif 240th SCSI disk whole disk
2144 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2145 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2146 partitions is 15.
2148 135 block SCSI disk devices (240-255)
2149 0 = /dev/sdig 241st SCSI disk whole disk
2150 16 = /dev/sdih 242nd SCSI disk whole disk
2151 32 = /dev/sdih 243rd SCSI disk whole disk
2152 ...
2153 240 = /dev/sdiv 256th SCSI disk whole disk
2155 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2156 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2157 partitions is 15.
2159 136-143 char Unix98 PTY slaves
2160 0 = /dev/pts/0 First Unix98 pseudo-TTY
2161 1 = /dev/pts/1 Second Unix98 pseudo-TTY
2162 ...
2164 These device nodes are automatically generated with
2165 the proper permissions and modes by mounting the
2166 devpts filesystem onto /dev/pts with the appropriate
2167 mount options (distribution dependent, however, on
2168 *most* distributions the appropriate options are
2169 "mode=0620,gid=<gid of the "tty" group>".)
2171 136 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; ninth controller
2172 0 = /dev/rd/c8d0 First disk, whole disk
2173 8 = /dev/rd/c8d1 Second disk, whole disk
2174 ...
2175 248 = /dev/rd/c8d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2177 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2179 137 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; tenth controller
2180 0 = /dev/rd/c9d0 First disk, whole disk
2181 8 = /dev/rd/c9d1 Second disk, whole disk
2182 ...
2183 248 = /dev/rd/c9d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2185 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2187 138 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eleventh controller
2188 0 = /dev/rd/c10d0 First disk, whole disk
2189 8 = /dev/rd/c10d1 Second disk, whole disk
2190 ...
2191 248 = /dev/rd/c10d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2193 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2195 139 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; twelfth controller
2196 0 = /dev/rd/c11d0 First disk, whole disk
2197 8 = /dev/rd/c11d1 Second disk, whole disk
2198 ...
2199 248 = /dev/rd/c11d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2201 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2203 140 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; thirteenth controller
2204 0 = /dev/rd/c12d0 First disk, whole disk
2205 8 = /dev/rd/c12d1 Second disk, whole disk
2206 ...
2207 248 = /dev/rd/c12d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2209 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2211 141 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fourteenth controller
2212 0 = /dev/rd/c13d0 First disk, whole disk
2213 8 = /dev/rd/c13d1 Second disk, whole disk
2214 ...
2215 248 = /dev/rd/c13d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2217 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2219 142 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fifteenth controller
2220 0 = /dev/rd/c14d0 First disk, whole disk
2221 8 = /dev/rd/c14d1 Second disk, whole disk
2222 ...
2223 248 = /dev/rd/c14d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2225 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2227 143 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; sixteenth controller
2228 0 = /dev/rd/c15d0 First disk, whole disk
2229 8 = /dev/rd/c15d1 Second disk, whole disk
2230 ...
2231 248 = /dev/rd/c15d31 32nd disk, whole disk
2233 Partitions are handled as for major 48.
2235 144 char Encapsulated PPP
2236 0 = /dev/pppox0 First PPP over Ethernet
2237 ...
2238 63 = /dev/pppox63 64th PPP over Ethernet
2240 This is primarily used for ADSL.
2242 The SST 5136-DN DeviceNet interface driver has been
2243 relocated to major 183 due to an unfortunate conflict.
2245 144 block Expansion Area #1 for more non-device (e.g. NFS) mounts
2246 0 = mounted device 256
2247 255 = mounted device 511
2249 145 char SAM9407-based soundcard
2250 0 = /dev/sam0_mixer
2251 1 = /dev/sam0_sequencer
2252 2 = /dev/sam0_midi00
2253 3 = /dev/sam0_dsp
2254 4 = /dev/sam0_audio
2255 6 = /dev/sam0_sndstat
2256 18 = /dev/sam0_midi01
2257 34 = /dev/sam0_midi02
2258 50 = /dev/sam0_midi03
2259 64 = /dev/sam1_mixer
2260 ...
2261 128 = /dev/sam2_mixer
2262 ...
2263 192 = /dev/sam3_mixer
2264 ...
2266 Device functions match OSS, but offer a number of
2267 addons, which are sam9407 specific. OSS can be
2268 operated simultaneously, taking care of the codec.
2270 145 block Expansion Area #2 for more non-device (e.g. NFS) mounts
2271 0 = mounted device 512
2272 255 = mounted device 767
2274 146 char SYSTRAM SCRAMNet mirrored-memory network
2275 0 = /dev/scramnet0 First SCRAMNet device
2276 1 = /dev/scramnet1 Second SCRAMNet device
2277 ...
2279 146 block Expansion Area #3 for more non-device (e.g. NFS) mounts
2280 0 = mounted device 768
2281 255 = mounted device 1023
2283 147 char Aureal Semiconductor Vortex Audio device
2284 0 = /dev/aureal0 First Aureal Vortex
2285 1 = /dev/aureal1 Second Aureal Vortex
2286 ...
2288 147 block Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD)
2289 0 = /dev/drbd0 First DRBD device
2290 1 = /dev/drbd1 Second DRBD device
2291 ...
2293 148 char Technology Concepts serial card
2294 0 = /dev/ttyT0 First TCL port
2295 1 = /dev/ttyT1 Second TCL port
2296 ...
2298 149 char Technology Concepts serial card - alternate devices
2299 0 = /dev/cut0 Callout device for ttyT0
2300 1 = /dev/cut0 Callout device for ttyT1
2301 ...
2303 150 char Real-Time Linux FIFOs
2304 0 = /dev/rtf0 First RTLinux FIFO
2305 1 = /dev/rtf1 Second RTLinux FIFO
2306 ...
2308 151 char DPT I2O SmartRaid V controller
2309 0 = /dev/dpti0 First DPT I2O adapter
2310 1 = /dev/dpti1 Second DPT I2O adapter
2311 ...
2313 152 char EtherDrive Control Device
2314 0 = /dev/etherd/ctl Connect/Disconnect an EtherDrive
2315 1 = /dev/etherd/err Monitor errors
2316 2 = /dev/etherd/raw Raw AoE packet monitor
2318 152 block EtherDrive Block Devices
2319 0 = /dev/etherd/0 EtherDrive 0
2320 ...
2321 255 = /dev/etherd/255 EtherDrive 255
2323 153 char SPI Bus Interface (sometimes referred to as MicroWire)
2324 0 = /dev/spi0 First SPI device on the bus
2325 1 = /dev/spi1 Second SPI device on the bus
2326 ...
2327 15 = /dev/spi15 Sixteenth SPI device on the bus
2329 153 block Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) storage units
2330 0 = /dev/emd/0 First unit
2331 1 = /dev/emd/0p1 Partition 1 on First unit
2332 2 = /dev/emd/0p2 Partition 2 on First unit
2333 ...
2334 15 = /dev/emd/0p15 Partition 15 on First unit
2336 16 = /dev/emd/1 Second unit
2337 32 = /dev/emd/2 Third unit
2338 ...
2339 240 = /dev/emd/15 Sixteenth unit
2341 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2342 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2343 partitions is 15.
2345 154 char Specialix RIO serial card
2346 0 = /dev/ttySR0 First RIO port
2347 ...
2348 255 = /dev/ttySR255 256th RIO port
2350 155 char Specialix RIO serial card - alternate devices
2351 0 = /dev/cusr0 Callout device for ttySR0
2352 ...
2353 255 = /dev/cusr255 Callout device for ttySR255
2355 156 char Specialix RIO serial card
2356 0 = /dev/ttySR256 257th RIO port
2357 ...
2358 255 = /dev/ttySR511 512th RIO port
2360 157 char Specialix RIO serial card - alternate devices
2361 0 = /dev/cusr256 Callout device for ttySR256
2362 ...
2363 255 = /dev/cusr511 Callout device for ttySR511
2365 158 char Dialogic GammaLink fax driver
2366 0 = /dev/gfax0 GammaLink channel 0
2367 1 = /dev/gfax1 GammaLink channel 1
2368 ...
2370 159 char RESERVED
2372 159 block RESERVED
2374 160 char General Purpose Instrument Bus (GPIB)
2375 0 = /dev/gpib0 First GPIB bus
2376 1 = /dev/gpib1 Second GPIB bus
2377 ...
2379 160 block Carmel 8-port SATA Disks on First Controller
2380 0 = /dev/carmel/0 SATA disk 0 whole disk
2381 1 = /dev/carmel/0p1 SATA disk 0 partition 1
2382 ...
2383 31 = /dev/carmel/0p31 SATA disk 0 partition 31
2385 32 = /dev/carmel/1 SATA disk 1 whole disk
2386 64 = /dev/carmel/2 SATA disk 2 whole disk
2387 ...
2388 224 = /dev/carmel/7 SATA disk 7 whole disk
2390 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2391 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2392 partitions is 31.
2394 161 char IrCOMM devices (IrDA serial/parallel emulation)
2395 0 = /dev/ircomm0 First IrCOMM device
2396 1 = /dev/ircomm1 Second IrCOMM device
2397 ...
2398 16 = /dev/irlpt0 First IrLPT device
2399 17 = /dev/irlpt1 Second IrLPT device
2400 ...
2402 161 block Carmel 8-port SATA Disks on Second Controller
2403 0 = /dev/carmel/8 SATA disk 8 whole disk
2404 1 = /dev/carmel/8p1 SATA disk 8 partition 1
2405 ...
2406 31 = /dev/carmel/8p31 SATA disk 8 partition 31
2408 32 = /dev/carmel/9 SATA disk 9 whole disk
2409 64 = /dev/carmel/10 SATA disk 10 whole disk
2410 ...
2411 224 = /dev/carmel/15 SATA disk 15 whole disk
2413 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2414 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2415 partitions is 31.
2417 162 char Raw block device interface
2418 0 = /dev/rawctl Raw I/O control device
2419 1 = /dev/raw/raw1 First raw I/O device
2420 2 = /dev/raw/raw2 Second raw I/O device
2421 ...
2423 163 char
2425 164 char Chase Research AT/PCI-Fast serial card
2426 0 = /dev/ttyCH0 AT/PCI-Fast board 0, port 0
2427 ...
2428 15 = /dev/ttyCH15 AT/PCI-Fast board 0, port 15
2429 16 = /dev/ttyCH16 AT/PCI-Fast board 1, port 0
2430 ...
2431 31 = /dev/ttyCH31 AT/PCI-Fast board 1, port 15
2432 32 = /dev/ttyCH32 AT/PCI-Fast board 2, port 0
2433 ...
2434 47 = /dev/ttyCH47 AT/PCI-Fast board 2, port 15
2435 48 = /dev/ttyCH48 AT/PCI-Fast board 3, port 0
2436 ...
2437 63 = /dev/ttyCH63 AT/PCI-Fast board 3, port 15
2439 165 char Chase Research AT/PCI-Fast serial card - alternate devices
2440 0 = /dev/cuch0 Callout device for ttyCH0
2441 ...
2442 63 = /dev/cuch63 Callout device for ttyCH63
2444 166 char ACM USB modems
2445 0 = /dev/ttyACM0 First ACM modem
2446 1 = /dev/ttyACM1 Second ACM modem
2447 ...
2449 167 char ACM USB modems - alternate devices
2450 0 = /dev/cuacm0 Callout device for ttyACM0
2451 1 = /dev/cuacm1 Callout device for ttyACM1
2452 ...
2454 168 char Eracom CSA7000 PCI encryption adaptor
2455 0 = /dev/ecsa0 First CSA7000
2456 1 = /dev/ecsa1 Second CSA7000
2457 ...
2459 169 char Eracom CSA8000 PCI encryption adaptor
2460 0 = /dev/ecsa8-0 First CSA8000
2461 1 = /dev/ecsa8-1 Second CSA8000
2462 ...
2464 170 char AMI MegaRAC remote access controller
2465 0 = /dev/megarac0 First MegaRAC card
2466 1 = /dev/megarac1 Second MegaRAC card
2467 ...
2469 171 char Reserved for IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
2471 172 char Moxa Intellio serial card
2472 0 = /dev/ttyMX0 First Moxa port
2473 1 = /dev/ttyMX1 Second Moxa port
2474 ...
2475 127 = /dev/ttyMX127 128th Moxa port
2476 128 = /dev/moxactl Moxa control port
2478 173 char Moxa Intellio serial card - alternate devices
2479 0 = /dev/cumx0 Callout device for ttyMX0
2480 1 = /dev/cumx1 Callout device for ttyMX1
2481 ...
2482 127 = /dev/cumx127 Callout device for ttyMX127
2484 174 char SmartIO serial card
2485 0 = /dev/ttySI0 First SmartIO port
2486 1 = /dev/ttySI1 Second SmartIO port
2487 ...
2489 175 char SmartIO serial card - alternate devices
2490 0 = /dev/cusi0 Callout device for ttySI0
2491 1 = /dev/cusi1 Callout device for ttySI1
2492 ...
2494 176 char nCipher nFast PCI crypto accelerator
2495 0 = /dev/nfastpci0 First nFast PCI device
2496 1 = /dev/nfastpci1 First nFast PCI device
2497 ...
2499 177 char TI PCILynx memory spaces
2500 0 = /dev/pcilynx/aux0 AUX space of first PCILynx card
2501 ...
2502 15 = /dev/pcilynx/aux15 AUX space of 16th PCILynx card
2503 16 = /dev/pcilynx/rom0 ROM space of first PCILynx card
2504 ...
2505 31 = /dev/pcilynx/rom15 ROM space of 16th PCILynx card
2506 32 = /dev/pcilynx/ram0 RAM space of first PCILynx card
2507 ...
2508 47 = /dev/pcilynx/ram15 RAM space of 16th PCILynx card
2510 178 char Giganet cLAN1xxx virtual interface adapter
2511 0 = /dev/clanvi0 First cLAN adapter
2512 1 = /dev/clanvi1 Second cLAN adapter
2513 ...
2515 179 block MMC block devices
2516 0 = /dev/mmcblk0 First SD/MMC card
2517 1 = /dev/mmcblk0p1 First partition on first MMC card
2518 8 = /dev/mmcblk1 Second SD/MMC card
2519 ...
2521 179 char CCube DVXChip-based PCI products
2522 0 = /dev/dvxirq0 First DVX device
2523 1 = /dev/dvxirq1 Second DVX device
2524 ...
2526 180 char USB devices
2527 0 = /dev/usb/lp0 First USB printer
2528 ...
2529 15 = /dev/usb/lp15 16th USB printer
2530 48 = /dev/usb/scanner0 First USB scanner
2531 ...
2532 63 = /dev/usb/scanner15 16th USB scanner
2533 64 = /dev/usb/rio500 Diamond Rio 500
2534 65 = /dev/usb/usblcd USBLCD Interface (info@usblcd.de)
2535 66 = /dev/usb/cpad0 Synaptics cPad (mouse/LCD)
2536 96 = /dev/usb/hiddev0 1st USB HID device
2537 ...
2538 111 = /dev/usb/hiddev15 16th USB HID device
2539 112 = /dev/usb/auer0 1st auerswald ISDN device
2540 ...
2541 127 = /dev/usb/auer15 16th auerswald ISDN device
2542 128 = /dev/usb/brlvgr0 First Braille Voyager device
2543 ...
2544 131 = /dev/usb/brlvgr3 Fourth Braille Voyager device
2545 132 = /dev/usb/idmouse ID Mouse (fingerprint scanner) device
2546 133 = /dev/usb/sisusbvga1 First SiSUSB VGA device
2547 ...
2548 140 = /dev/usb/sisusbvga8 Eighth SISUSB VGA device
2549 144 = /dev/usb/lcd USB LCD device
2550 160 = /dev/usb/legousbtower0 1st USB Legotower device
2551 ...
2552 175 = /dev/usb/legousbtower15 16th USB Legotower device
2553 176 = /dev/usb/usbtmc1 First USB TMC device
2554 ...
2555 192 = /dev/usb/usbtmc16 16th USB TMC device
2556 240 = /dev/usb/dabusb0 First daubusb device
2557 ...
2558 243 = /dev/usb/dabusb3 Fourth dabusb device
2560 180 block USB block devices
2561 0 = /dev/uba First USB block device
2562 8 = /dev/ubb Second USB block device
2563 16 = /dev/ubc Third USB block device
2564 ...
2566 181 char Conrad Electronic parallel port radio clocks
2567 0 = /dev/pcfclock0 First Conrad radio clock
2568 1 = /dev/pcfclock1 Second Conrad radio clock
2569 ...
2571 182 char Picture Elements THR2 binarizer
2572 0 = /dev/pethr0 First THR2 board
2573 1 = /dev/pethr1 Second THR2 board
2574 ...
2576 183 char SST 5136-DN DeviceNet interface
2577 0 = /dev/ss5136dn0 First DeviceNet interface
2578 1 = /dev/ss5136dn1 Second DeviceNet interface
2579 ...
2581 This device used to be assigned to major number 144.
2582 It had to be moved due to an unfortunate conflict.
2584 184 char Picture Elements' video simulator/sender
2585 0 = /dev/pevss0 First sender board
2586 1 = /dev/pevss1 Second sender board
2587 ...
2589 185 char InterMezzo high availability file system
2590 0 = /dev/intermezzo0 First cache manager
2591 1 = /dev/intermezzo1 Second cache manager
2592 ...
2594 See http://www.inter-mezzo.org/ for more information.
2596 186 char Object-based storage control device
2597 0 = /dev/obd0 First obd control device
2598 1 = /dev/obd1 Second obd control device
2599 ...
2601 See ftp://ftp.lustre.org/pub/obd for code and information.
2603 187 char DESkey hardware encryption device
2604 0 = /dev/deskey0 First DES key
2605 1 = /dev/deskey1 Second DES key
2606 ...
2608 188 char USB serial converters
2609 0 = /dev/ttyUSB0 First USB serial converter
2610 1 = /dev/ttyUSB1 Second USB serial converter
2611 ...
2613 189 char USB serial converters - alternate devices
2614 0 = /dev/cuusb0 Callout device for ttyUSB0
2615 1 = /dev/cuusb1 Callout device for ttyUSB1
2616 ...
2618 190 char Kansas City tracker/tuner card
2619 0 = /dev/kctt0 First KCT/T card
2620 1 = /dev/kctt1 Second KCT/T card
2621 ...
2623 191 char Reserved for PCMCIA
2625 192 char Kernel profiling interface
2626 0 = /dev/profile Profiling control device
2627 1 = /dev/profile0 Profiling device for CPU 0
2628 2 = /dev/profile1 Profiling device for CPU 1
2629 ...
2631 193 char Kernel event-tracing interface
2632 0 = /dev/trace Tracing control device
2633 1 = /dev/trace0 Tracing device for CPU 0
2634 2 = /dev/trace1 Tracing device for CPU 1
2635 ...
2637 194 char linVideoStreams (LINVS)
2638 0 = /dev/mvideo/status0 Video compression status
2639 1 = /dev/mvideo/stream0 Video stream
2640 2 = /dev/mvideo/frame0 Single compressed frame
2641 3 = /dev/mvideo/rawframe0 Raw uncompressed frame
2642 4 = /dev/mvideo/codec0 Direct codec access
2643 5 = /dev/mvideo/video4linux0 Video4Linux compatibility
2645 16 = /dev/mvideo/status1 Second device
2646 ...
2647 32 = /dev/mvideo/status2 Third device
2648 ...
2649 ...
2650 240 = /dev/mvideo/status15 16th device
2651 ...
2653 195 char Nvidia graphics devices
2654 0 = /dev/nvidia0 First Nvidia card
2655 1 = /dev/nvidia1 Second Nvidia card
2656 ...
2657 255 = /dev/nvidiactl Nvidia card control device
2659 196 char Tormenta T1 card
2660 0 = /dev/tor/0 Master control channel for all cards
2661 1 = /dev/tor/1 First DS0
2662 2 = /dev/tor/2 Second DS0
2663 ...
2664 48 = /dev/tor/48 48th DS0
2665 49 = /dev/tor/49 First pseudo-channel
2666 50 = /dev/tor/50 Second pseudo-channel
2667 ...
2669 197 char OpenTNF tracing facility
2670 0 = /dev/tnf/t0 Trace 0 data extraction
2671 1 = /dev/tnf/t1 Trace 1 data extraction
2672 ...
2673 128 = /dev/tnf/status Tracing facility status
2674 130 = /dev/tnf/trace Tracing device
2676 198 char Total Impact TPMP2 quad coprocessor PCI card
2677 0 = /dev/tpmp2/0 First card
2678 1 = /dev/tpmp2/1 Second card
2679 ...
2681 199 char Veritas volume manager (VxVM) volumes
2682 0 = /dev/vx/rdsk/*/* First volume
2683 1 = /dev/vx/rdsk/*/* Second volume
2684 ...
2686 199 block Veritas volume manager (VxVM) volumes
2687 0 = /dev/vx/dsk/*/* First volume
2688 1 = /dev/vx/dsk/*/* Second volume
2689 ...
2691 The namespace in these directories is maintained by
2692 the user space VxVM software.
2694 200 char Veritas VxVM configuration interface
2695 0 = /dev/vx/config Configuration access node
2696 1 = /dev/vx/trace Volume i/o trace access node
2697 2 = /dev/vx/iod Volume i/o daemon access node
2698 3 = /dev/vx/info Volume information access node
2699 4 = /dev/vx/task Volume tasks access node
2700 5 = /dev/vx/taskmon Volume tasks monitor daemon
2702 201 char Veritas VxVM dynamic multipathing driver
2703 0 = /dev/vx/rdmp/* First multipath device
2704 1 = /dev/vx/rdmp/* Second multipath device
2705 ...
2706 201 block Veritas VxVM dynamic multipathing driver
2707 0 = /dev/vx/dmp/* First multipath device
2708 1 = /dev/vx/dmp/* Second multipath device
2709 ...
2711 The namespace in these directories is maintained by
2712 the user space VxVM software.
2714 202 char CPU model-specific registers
2715 0 = /dev/cpu/0/msr MSRs on CPU 0
2716 1 = /dev/cpu/1/msr MSRs on CPU 1
2717 ...
2719 202 block Xen Virtual Block Device
2720 0 = /dev/xvda First Xen VBD whole disk
2721 16 = /dev/xvdb Second Xen VBD whole disk
2722 32 = /dev/xvdc Third Xen VBD whole disk
2723 ...
2724 240 = /dev/xvdp Sixteenth Xen VBD whole disk
2726 Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
2727 disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
2728 partitions is 15.
2730 203 char CPU CPUID information
2731 0 = /dev/cpu/0/cpuid CPUID on CPU 0
2732 1 = /dev/cpu/1/cpuid CPUID on CPU 1
2733 ...
2735 204 char Low-density serial ports
2736 0 = /dev/ttyLU0 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 0
2737 1 = /dev/ttyLU1 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 1
2738 2 = /dev/ttyLU2 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 2
2739 3 = /dev/ttyLU3 LinkUp Systems L72xx UART - port 3
2740 4 = /dev/ttyFB0 Intel Footbridge (ARM)
2741 5 = /dev/ttySA0 StrongARM builtin serial port 0
2742 6 = /dev/ttySA1 StrongARM builtin serial port 1
2743 7 = /dev/ttySA2 StrongARM builtin serial port 2
2744 8 = /dev/ttySC0 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 0
2745 9 = /dev/ttySC1 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 1
2746 10 = /dev/ttySC2 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 2
2747 11 = /dev/ttySC3 SCI serial port (SuperH) - port 3
2748 12 = /dev/ttyFW0 Firmware console - port 0
2749 13 = /dev/ttyFW1 Firmware console - port 1
2750 14 = /dev/ttyFW2 Firmware console - port 2
2751 15 = /dev/ttyFW3 Firmware console - port 3
2752 16 = /dev/ttyAM0 ARM "AMBA" serial port 0
2753 ...
2754 31 = /dev/ttyAM15 ARM "AMBA" serial port 15
2755 32 = /dev/ttyDB0 DataBooster serial port 0
2756 ...
2757 39 = /dev/ttyDB7 DataBooster serial port 7
2758 40 = /dev/ttySG0 SGI Altix console port
2759 41 = /dev/ttySMX0 Motorola i.MX - port 0
2760 42 = /dev/ttySMX1 Motorola i.MX - port 1
2761 43 = /dev/ttySMX2 Motorola i.MX - port 2
2762 44 = /dev/ttyMM0 Marvell MPSC - port 0
2763 45 = /dev/ttyMM1 Marvell MPSC - port 1
2764 46 = /dev/ttyCPM0 PPC CPM (SCC or SMC) - port 0
2765 ...
2766 47 = /dev/ttyCPM5 PPC CPM (SCC or SMC) - port 5
2767 50 = /dev/ttyIOC0 Altix serial card
2768 ...
2769 81 = /dev/ttyIOC31 Altix serial card
2770 82 = /dev/ttyVR0 NEC VR4100 series SIU
2771 83 = /dev/ttyVR1 NEC VR4100 series DSIU
2772 84 = /dev/ttyIOC84 Altix ioc4 serial card
2773 ...
2774 115 = /dev/ttyIOC115 Altix ioc4 serial card
2775 116 = /dev/ttySIOC0 Altix ioc3 serial card
2776 ...
2777 147 = /dev/ttySIOC31 Altix ioc3 serial card
2778 148 = /dev/ttyPSC0 PPC PSC - port 0
2779 ...
2780 153 = /dev/ttyPSC5 PPC PSC - port 5
2781 154 = /dev/ttyAT0 ATMEL serial port 0
2782 ...
2783 169 = /dev/ttyAT15 ATMEL serial port 15
2784 170 = /dev/ttyNX0 Hilscher netX serial port 0
2785 ...
2786 185 = /dev/ttyNX15 Hilscher netX serial port 15
2787 186 = /dev/ttyJ0 JTAG1 DCC protocol based serial port emulation
2788 187 = /dev/ttyUL0 Xilinx uartlite - port 0
2789 ...
2790 190 = /dev/ttyUL3 Xilinx uartlite - port 3
2791 191 = /dev/xvc0 Xen virtual console - port 0
2792 192 = /dev/ttyPZ0 pmac_zilog - port 0
2793 ...
2794 195 = /dev/ttyPZ3 pmac_zilog - port 3
2795 196 = /dev/ttyTX0 TX39/49 serial port 0
2796 ...
2797 204 = /dev/ttyTX7 TX39/49 serial port 7
2798 205 = /dev/ttySC0 SC26xx serial port 0
2799 206 = /dev/ttySC1 SC26xx serial port 1
2800 207 = /dev/ttySC2 SC26xx serial port 2
2801 208 = /dev/ttySC3 SC26xx serial port 3
2802 209 = /dev/ttyMAX0 MAX3100 serial port 0
2803 210 = /dev/ttyMAX1 MAX3100 serial port 1
2804 211 = /dev/ttyMAX2 MAX3100 serial port 2
2805 212 = /dev/ttyMAX3 MAX3100 serial port 3
2807 205 char Low-density serial ports (alternate device)
2808 0 = /dev/culu0 Callout device for ttyLU0
2809 1 = /dev/culu1 Callout device for ttyLU1
2810 2 = /dev/culu2 Callout device for ttyLU2
2811 3 = /dev/culu3 Callout device for ttyLU3
2812 4 = /dev/cufb0 Callout device for ttyFB0
2813 5 = /dev/cusa0 Callout device for ttySA0
2814 6 = /dev/cusa1 Callout device for ttySA1
2815 7 = /dev/cusa2 Callout device for ttySA2
2816 8 = /dev/cusc0 Callout device for ttySC0
2817 9 = /dev/cusc1 Callout device for ttySC1
2818 10 = /dev/cusc2 Callout device for ttySC2
2819 11 = /dev/cusc3 Callout device for ttySC3
2820 12 = /dev/cufw0 Callout device for ttyFW0
2821 13 = /dev/cufw1 Callout device for ttyFW1
2822 14 = /dev/cufw2 Callout device for ttyFW2
2823 15 = /dev/cufw3 Callout device for ttyFW3
2824 16 = /dev/cuam0 Callout device for ttyAM0
2825 ...
2826 31 = /dev/cuam15 Callout device for ttyAM15
2827 32 = /dev/cudb0 Callout device for ttyDB0
2828 ...
2829 39 = /dev/cudb7 Callout device for ttyDB7
2830 40 = /dev/cusg0 Callout device for ttySG0
2831 41 = /dev/ttycusmx0 Callout device for ttySMX0
2832 42 = /dev/ttycusmx1 Callout device for ttySMX1
2833 43 = /dev/ttycusmx2 Callout device for ttySMX2
2834 46 = /dev/cucpm0 Callout device for ttyCPM0
2835 ...
2836 49 = /dev/cucpm5 Callout device for ttyCPM5
2837 50 = /dev/cuioc40 Callout device for ttyIOC40
2838 ...
2839 81 = /dev/cuioc431 Callout device for ttyIOC431
2840 82 = /dev/cuvr0 Callout device for ttyVR0
2841 83 = /dev/cuvr1 Callout device for ttyVR1
2843 206 char OnStream SC-x0 tape devices
2844 0 = /dev/osst0 First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0
2845 1 = /dev/osst1 Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0
2846 ...
2847 32 = /dev/osst0l First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 1
2848 33 = /dev/osst1l Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 1
2849 ...
2850 64 = /dev/osst0m First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 2
2851 65 = /dev/osst1m Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 2
2852 ...
2853 96 = /dev/osst0a First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 3
2854 97 = /dev/osst1a Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 3
2855 ...
2856 128 = /dev/nosst0 No rewind version of /dev/osst0
2857 129 = /dev/nosst1 No rewind version of /dev/osst1
2858 ...
2859 160 = /dev/nosst0l No rewind version of /dev/osst0l
2860 161 = /dev/nosst1l No rewind version of /dev/osst1l
2861 ...
2862 192 = /dev/nosst0m No rewind version of /dev/osst0m
2863 193 = /dev/nosst1m No rewind version of /dev/osst1m
2864 ...
2865 224 = /dev/nosst0a No rewind version of /dev/osst0a
2866 225 = /dev/nosst1a No rewind version of /dev/osst1a
2867 ...
2869 The OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tapes do not support the
2870 standard SCSI SASD command set and therefore need
2871 their own driver "osst". Note that the IDE, USB (and
2872 maybe ParPort) versions may be driven via ide-scsi or
2873 usb-storage SCSI emulation and this osst device and
2874 driver as well. The ADR-x0 drives are QIC-157
2875 compliant and don't need osst.
2877 207 char Compaq ProLiant health feature indicate
2878 0 = /dev/cpqhealth/cpqw Redirector interface
2879 1 = /dev/cpqhealth/crom EISA CROM
2880 2 = /dev/cpqhealth/cdt Data Table
2881 3 = /dev/cpqhealth/cevt Event Log
2882 4 = /dev/cpqhealth/casr Automatic Server Recovery
2883 5 = /dev/cpqhealth/cecc ECC Memory
2884 6 = /dev/cpqhealth/cmca Machine Check Architecture
2885 7 = /dev/cpqhealth/ccsm Deprecated CDT
2886 8 = /dev/cpqhealth/cnmi NMI Handling
2887 9 = /dev/cpqhealth/css Sideshow Management
2888 10 = /dev/cpqhealth/cram CMOS interface
2889 11 = /dev/cpqhealth/cpci PCI IRQ interface
2891 208 char User space serial ports
2892 0 = /dev/ttyU0 First user space serial port
2893 1 = /dev/ttyU1 Second user space serial port
2894 ...
2896 209 char User space serial ports (alternate devices)
2897 0 = /dev/cuu0 Callout device for ttyU0
2898 1 = /dev/cuu1 Callout device for ttyU1
2899 ...
2901 210 char SBE, Inc. sync/async serial card
2902 0 = /dev/sbei/wxcfg0 Configuration device for board 0
2903 1 = /dev/sbei/dld0 Download device for board 0
2904 2 = /dev/sbei/wan00 WAN device, port 0, board 0
2905 3 = /dev/sbei/wan01 WAN device, port 1, board 0
2906 4 = /dev/sbei/wan02 WAN device, port 2, board 0
2907 5 = /dev/sbei/wan03 WAN device, port 3, board 0
2908 6 = /dev/sbei/wanc00 WAN clone device, port 0, board 0
2909 7 = /dev/sbei/wanc01 WAN clone device, port 1, board 0
2910 8 = /dev/sbei/wanc02 WAN clone device, port 2, board 0
2911 9 = /dev/sbei/wanc03 WAN clone device, port 3, board 0
2912 10 = /dev/sbei/wxcfg1 Configuration device for board 1
2913 11 = /dev/sbei/dld1 Download device for board 1
2914 12 = /dev/sbei/wan10 WAN device, port 0, board 1
2915 13 = /dev/sbei/wan11 WAN device, port 1, board 1
2916 14 = /dev/sbei/wan12 WAN device, port 2, board 1
2917 15 = /dev/sbei/wan13 WAN device, port 3, board 1
2918 16 = /dev/sbei/wanc10 WAN clone device, port 0, board 1
2919 17 = /dev/sbei/wanc11 WAN clone device, port 1, board 1
2920 18 = /dev/sbei/wanc12 WAN clone device, port 2, board 1
2921 19 = /dev/sbei/wanc13 WAN clone device, port 3, board 1
2922 ...
2924 Yes, each board is really spaced 10 (decimal) apart.
2926 211 char Addinum CPCI1500 digital I/O card
2927 0 = /dev/addinum/cpci1500/0 First CPCI1500 card
2928 1 = /dev/addinum/cpci1500/1 Second CPCI1500 card
2929 ...
2931 212 char LinuxTV.org DVB driver subsystem
2932 0 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/video0 first video decoder of first card
2933 1 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0 first audio decoder of first card
2934 2 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/sec0 (obsolete/unused)
2935 3 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 first frontend device of first card
2936 4 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 first demux device of first card
2937 5 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 first digital video recoder device of first card
2938 6 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/ca0 first common access port of first card
2939 7 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0 first network device of first card
2940 8 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/osd0 first on-screen-display device of first card
2941 9 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/video1 second video decoder of first card
2942 ...
2943 64 = /dev/dvb/adapter1/video0 first video decoder of second card
2944 ...
2945 128 = /dev/dvb/adapter2/video0 first video decoder of third card
2946 ...
2947 196 = /dev/dvb/adapter3/video0 first video decoder of fourth card
2949 216 char Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY devices
2950 0 = /dev/rfcomm0 First Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY device
2951 1 = /dev/rfcomm1 Second Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY device
2952 ...
2954 217 char Bluetooth RFCOMM TTY devices (alternate devices)
2955 0 = /dev/curf0 Callout device for rfcomm0
2956 1 = /dev/curf1 Callout device for rfcomm1
2957 ...
2959 218 char The Logical Company bus Unibus/Qbus adapters
2960 0 = /dev/logicalco/bci/0 First bus adapter
2961 1 = /dev/logicalco/bci/1 First bus adapter
2962 ...
2964 219 char The Logical Company DCI-1300 digital I/O card
2965 0 = /dev/logicalco/dci1300/0 First DCI-1300 card
2966 1 = /dev/logicalco/dci1300/1 Second DCI-1300 card
2967 ...
2969 220 char Myricom Myrinet "GM" board
2970 0 = /dev/myricom/gm0 First Myrinet GM board
2971 1 = /dev/myricom/gmp0 First board "root access"
2972 2 = /dev/myricom/gm1 Second Myrinet GM board
2973 3 = /dev/myricom/gmp1 Second board "root access"
2974 ...
2976 221 char VME bus
2977 0 = /dev/bus/vme/m0 First master image
2978 1 = /dev/bus/vme/m1 Second master image
2979 2 = /dev/bus/vme/m2 Third master image
2980 3 = /dev/bus/vme/m3 Fourth master image
2981 4 = /dev/bus/vme/s0 First slave image
2982 5 = /dev/bus/vme/s1 Second slave image
2983 6 = /dev/bus/vme/s2 Third slave image
2984 7 = /dev/bus/vme/s3 Fourth slave image
2985 8 = /dev/bus/vme/ctl Control
2987 It is expected that all VME bus drivers will use the
2988 same interface. For interface documentation see
2989 http://www.vmelinux.org/.
2991 224 char A2232 serial card
2992 0 = /dev/ttyY0 First A2232 port
2993 1 = /dev/ttyY1 Second A2232 port
2994 ...
2996 225 char A2232 serial card (alternate devices)
2997 0 = /dev/cuy0 Callout device for ttyY0
2998 1 = /dev/cuy1 Callout device for ttyY1
2999 ...
3001 226 char Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
3002 0 = /dev/dri/card0 First graphics card
3003 1 = /dev/dri/card1 Second graphics card
3004 ...
3006 227 char IBM 3270 terminal Unix tty access
3007 1 = /dev/3270/tty1 First 3270 terminal
3008 2 = /dev/3270/tty2 Seconds 3270 terminal
3009 ...
3011 228 char IBM 3270 terminal block-mode access
3012 0 = /dev/3270/tub Controlling interface
3013 1 = /dev/3270/tub1 First 3270 terminal
3014 2 = /dev/3270/tub2 Second 3270 terminal
3015 ...
3017 229 char IBM iSeries/pSeries virtual console
3018 0 = /dev/hvc0 First console port
3019 1 = /dev/hvc1 Second console port
3020 ...
3022 230 char IBM iSeries virtual tape
3023 0 = /dev/iseries/vt0 First virtual tape, mode 0
3024 1 = /dev/iseries/vt1 Second virtual tape, mode 0
3025 ...
3026 32 = /dev/iseries/vt0l First virtual tape, mode 1
3027 33 = /dev/iseries/vt1l Second virtual tape, mode 1
3028 ...
3029 64 = /dev/iseries/vt0m First virtual tape, mode 2
3030 65 = /dev/iseries/vt1m Second virtual tape, mode 2
3031 ...
3032 96 = /dev/iseries/vt0a First virtual tape, mode 3
3033 97 = /dev/iseries/vt1a Second virtual tape, mode 3
3034 ...
3035 128 = /dev/iseries/nvt0 First virtual tape, mode 0, no rewind
3036 129 = /dev/iseries/nvt1 Second virtual tape, mode 0, no rewind
3037 ...
3038 160 = /dev/iseries/nvt0l First virtual tape, mode 1, no rewind
3039 161 = /dev/iseries/nvt1l Second virtual tape, mode 1, no rewind
3040 ...
3041 192 = /dev/iseries/nvt0m First virtual tape, mode 2, no rewind
3042 193 = /dev/iseries/nvt1m Second virtual tape, mode 2, no rewind
3043 ...
3044 224 = /dev/iseries/nvt0a First virtual tape, mode 3, no rewind
3045 225 = /dev/iseries/nvt1a Second virtual tape, mode 3, no rewind
3046 ...
3048 "No rewind" refers to the omission of the default
3049 automatic rewind on device close. The MTREW or MTOFFL
3050 ioctl()'s can be used to rewind the tape regardless of
3051 the device used to access it.
3053 231 char InfiniBand
3054 0 = /dev/infiniband/umad0
3055 1 = /dev/infiniband/umad1
3056 ...
3057 63 = /dev/infiniband/umad63 63rd InfiniBandMad device
3058 64 = /dev/infiniband/issm0 First InfiniBand IsSM device
3059 65 = /dev/infiniband/issm1 Second InfiniBand IsSM device
3060 ...
3061 127 = /dev/infiniband/issm63 63rd InfiniBand IsSM device
3062 128 = /dev/infiniband/uverbs0 First InfiniBand verbs device
3063 129 = /dev/infiniband/uverbs1 Second InfiniBand verbs device
3064 ...
3065 159 = /dev/infiniband/uverbs31 31st InfiniBand verbs device
3067 232 char Biometric Devices
3068 0 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/fingerprint first fingerprint sensor on first device
3069 1 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/iris first iris sensor on first device
3070 2 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/retina first retina sensor on first device
3071 3 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/voiceprint first voiceprint sensor on first device
3072 4 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/facial first facial sensor on first device
3073 5 = /dev/biometric/sensor0/hand first hand sensor on first device
3074 ...
3075 10 = /dev/biometric/sensor1/fingerprint first fingerprint sensor on second device
3076 ...
3077 20 = /dev/biometric/sensor2/fingerprint first fingerprint sensor on third device
3078 ...
3080 233 char PathScale InfiniPath interconnect
3081 0 = /dev/ipath Primary device for programs (any unit)
3082 1 = /dev/ipath0 Access specifically to unit 0
3083 2 = /dev/ipath1 Access specifically to unit 1
3084 ...
3085 4 = /dev/ipath3 Access specifically to unit 3
3086 129 = /dev/ipath_sma Device used by Subnet Management Agent
3087 130 = /dev/ipath_diag Device used by diagnostics programs
3089 234-239 UNASSIGNED
3091 240-254 char LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
3093 240-254 block LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
3094 Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not
3095 assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
3096 used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
3098 255 char RESERVED
3100 255 block RESERVED
3102 This major is reserved to assist the expansion to a
3103 larger number space. No device nodes with this major
3104 should ever be created on the filesystem.
3105 (This is probably not true anymore, but I'll leave it
3106 for now /Torben)
3108 ---LARGE MAJORS!!!!!---
3110 256 char Equinox SST multi-port serial boards
3111 0 = /dev/ttyEQ0 First serial port on first Equinox SST board
3112 127 = /dev/ttyEQ127 Last serial port on first Equinox SST board
3113 128 = /dev/ttyEQ128 First serial port on second Equinox SST board
3114 ...
3115 1027 = /dev/ttyEQ1027 Last serial port on eighth Equinox SST board
3117 256 block Resident Flash Disk Flash Translation Layer
3118 0 = /dev/rfda First RFD FTL layer
3119 16 = /dev/rfdb Second RFD FTL layer
3120 ...
3121 240 = /dev/rfdp 16th RFD FTL layer
3123 257 char Phoenix Technologies Cryptographic Services Driver
3124 0 = /dev/ptlsec Crypto Services Driver
3126 257 block SSFDC Flash Translation Layer filesystem
3127 0 = /dev/ssfdca First SSFDC layer
3128 8 = /dev/ssfdcb Second SSFDC layer
3129 16 = /dev/ssfdcc Third SSFDC layer
3130 24 = /dev/ssfdcd 4th SSFDC layer
3131 32 = /dev/ssfdce 5th SSFDC layer
3132 40 = /dev/ssfdcf 6th SSFDC layer
3133 48 = /dev/ssfdcg 7th SSFDC layer
3134 56 = /dev/ssfdch 8th SSFDC layer
3136 258 block ROM/Flash read-only translation layer
3137 0 = /dev/blockrom0 First ROM card's translation layer interface
3138 1 = /dev/blockrom1 Second ROM card's translation layer interface
3139 ...
3141 259 block Block Extended Major
3142 Used dynamically to hold additional partition minor
3143 numbers and allow large numbers of partitions per device
3145 259 char FPGA configuration interfaces
3146 0 = /dev/icap0 First Xilinx internal configuration
3147 1 = /dev/icap1 Second Xilinx internal configuration
3149 260 char OSD (Object-based-device) SCSI Device
3150 0 = /dev/osd0 First OSD Device
3151 1 = /dev/osd1 Second OSD Device
3152 ...
3153 255 = /dev/osd255 256th OSD Device
3155 **** ADDITIONAL /dev DIRECTORY ENTRIES
3157 This section details additional entries that should or may exist in
3158 the /dev directory. It is preferred that symbolic links use the same
3159 form (absolute or relative) as is indicated here. Links are
3160 classified as "hard" or "symbolic" depending on the preferred type of
3161 link; if possible, the indicated type of link should be used.
3164 Compulsory links
3166 These links should exist on all systems:
3168 /dev/fd /proc/self/fd symbolic File descriptors
3169 /dev/stdin fd/0 symbolic stdin file descriptor
3170 /dev/stdout fd/1 symbolic stdout file descriptor
3171 /dev/stderr fd/2 symbolic stderr file descriptor
3172 /dev/nfsd socksys symbolic Required by iBCS-2
3173 /dev/X0R null symbolic Required by iBCS-2
3175 Note: /dev/X0R is <letter X>-<digit 0>-<letter R>.
3177 Recommended links
3179 It is recommended that these links exist on all systems:
3181 /dev/core /proc/kcore symbolic Backward compatibility
3182 /dev/ramdisk ram0 symbolic Backward compatibility
3183 /dev/ftape qft0 symbolic Backward compatibility
3184 /dev/bttv0 video0 symbolic Backward compatibility
3185 /dev/radio radio0 symbolic Backward compatibility
3186 /dev/i2o* /dev/i2o/* symbolic Backward compatibility
3187 /dev/scd? sr? hard Alternate SCSI CD-ROM name
3189 Locally defined links
3191 The following links may be established locally to conform to the
3192 configuration of the system. This is merely a tabulation of existing
3193 practice, and does not constitute a recommendation. However, if they
3194 exist, they should have the following uses.
3196 /dev/mouse mouse port symbolic Current mouse device
3197 /dev/tape tape device symbolic Current tape device
3198 /dev/cdrom CD-ROM device symbolic Current CD-ROM device
3199 /dev/cdwriter CD-writer symbolic Current CD-writer device
3200 /dev/scanner scanner symbolic Current scanner device
3201 /dev/modem modem port symbolic Current dialout device
3202 /dev/root root device symbolic Current root filesystem
3203 /dev/swap swap device symbolic Current swap device
3205 /dev/modem should not be used for a modem which supports dialin as
3206 well as dialout, as it tends to cause lock file problems. If it
3207 exists, /dev/modem should point to the appropriate primary TTY device
3208 (the use of the alternate callout devices is deprecated).
3210 For SCSI devices, /dev/tape and /dev/cdrom should point to the
3211 ``cooked'' devices (/dev/st* and /dev/sr*, respectively), whereas
3212 /dev/cdwriter and /dev/scanner should point to the appropriate generic
3213 SCSI devices (/dev/sg*).
3215 /dev/mouse may point to a primary serial TTY device, a hardware mouse
3216 device, or a socket for a mouse driver program (e.g. /dev/gpmdata).
3218 Sockets and pipes
3220 Non-transient sockets and named pipes may exist in /dev. Common entries are:
3222 /dev/printer socket lpd local socket
3223 /dev/log socket syslog local socket
3224 /dev/gpmdata socket gpm mouse multiplexer
3226 Mount points
3228 The following names are reserved for mounting special filesystems
3229 under /dev. These special filesystems provide kernel interfaces that
3230 cannot be provided with standard device nodes.
3232 /dev/pts devpts PTY slave filesystem
3233 /dev/shm tmpfs POSIX shared memory maintenance access
3235 **** TERMINAL DEVICES
3237 Terminal, or TTY devices are a special class of character devices. A
3238 terminal device is any device that could act as a controlling terminal
3239 for a session; this includes virtual consoles, serial ports, and
3240 pseudoterminals (PTYs).
3242 All terminal devices share a common set of capabilities known as line
3243 disciplines; these include the common terminal line discipline as well
3244 as SLIP and PPP modes.
3246 All terminal devices are named similarly; this section explains the
3247 naming and use of the various types of TTYs. Note that the naming
3248 conventions include several historical warts; some of these are
3249 Linux-specific, some were inherited from other systems, and some
3250 reflect Linux outgrowing a borrowed convention.
3252 A hash mark (#) in a device name is used here to indicate a decimal
3253 number without leading zeroes.
3255 Virtual consoles and the console device
3257 Virtual consoles are full-screen terminal displays on the system video
3258 monitor. Virtual consoles are named /dev/tty#, with numbering
3259 starting at /dev/tty1; /dev/tty0 is the current virtual console.
3260 /dev/tty0 is the device that should be used to access the system video
3261 card on those architectures for which the frame buffer devices
3262 (/dev/fb*) are not applicable. Do not use /dev/console
3263 for this purpose.
3265 The console device, /dev/console, is the device to which system
3266 messages should be sent, and on which logins should be permitted in
3267 single-user mode. Starting with Linux 2.1.71, /dev/console is managed
3268 by the kernel; for previous versions it should be a symbolic link to
3269 either /dev/tty0, a specific virtual console such as /dev/tty1, or to
3270 a serial port primary (tty*, not cu*) device, depending on the
3271 configuration of the system.
3273 Serial ports
3275 Serial ports are RS-232 serial ports and any device which simulates
3276 one, either in hardware (such as internal modems) or in software (such
3277 as the ISDN driver.) Under Linux, each serial ports has two device
3278 names, the primary or callin device and the alternate or callout one.
3279 Each kind of device is indicated by a different letter. For any
3280 letter X, the names of the devices are /dev/ttyX# and /dev/cux#,
3281 respectively; for historical reasons, /dev/ttyS# and /dev/ttyC#
3282 correspond to /dev/cua# and /dev/cub#. In the future, it should be
3283 expected that multiple letters will be used; all letters will be upper
3284 case for the "tty" device (e.g. /dev/ttyDP#) and lower case for the
3285 "cu" device (e.g. /dev/cudp#).
3287 The names /dev/ttyQ# and /dev/cuq# are reserved for local use.
3289 The alternate devices provide for kernel-based exclusion and somewhat
3290 different defaults than the primary devices. Their main purpose is to
3291 allow the use of serial ports with programs with no inherent or broken
3292 support for serial ports. Their use is deprecated, and they may be
3293 removed from a future version of Linux.
3295 Arbitration of serial ports is provided by the use of lock files with
3296 the names /var/lock/LCK..ttyX#. The contents of the lock file should
3297 be the PID of the locking process as an ASCII number.
3299 It is common practice to install links such as /dev/modem
3300 which point to serial ports. In order to ensure proper locking in the
3301 presence of these links, it is recommended that software chase
3302 symlinks and lock all possible names; additionally, it is recommended
3303 that a lock file be installed with the corresponding alternate
3304 device. In order to avoid deadlocks, it is recommended that the locks
3305 are acquired in the following order, and released in the reverse:
3307 1. The symbolic link name, if any (/var/lock/LCK..modem)
3308 2. The "tty" name (/var/lock/LCK..ttyS2)
3309 3. The alternate device name (/var/lock/LCK..cua2)
3311 In the case of nested symbolic links, the lock files should be
3312 installed in the order the symlinks are resolved.
3314 Under no circumstances should an application hold a lock while waiting
3315 for another to be released. In addition, applications which attempt
3316 to create lock files for the corresponding alternate device names
3317 should take into account the possibility of being used on a non-serial
3318 port TTY, for which no alternate device would exist.
3320 Pseudoterminals (PTYs)
3322 Pseudoterminals, or PTYs, are used to create login sessions or provide
3323 other capabilities requiring a TTY line discipline (including SLIP or
3324 PPP capability) to arbitrary data-generation processes. Each PTY has
3325 a master side, named /dev/pty[p-za-e][0-9a-f], and a slave side, named
3326 /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]. The kernel arbitrates the use of PTYs by
3327 allowing each master side to be opened only once.
3329 Once the master side has been opened, the corresponding slave device
3330 can be used in the same manner as any TTY device. The master and
3331 slave devices are connected by the kernel, generating the equivalent
3332 of a bidirectional pipe with TTY capabilities.
3334 Recent versions of the Linux kernels and GNU libc contain support for
3335 the System V/Unix98 naming scheme for PTYs, which assigns a common
3336 device, /dev/ptmx, to all the masters (opening it will automatically
3337 give you a previously unassigned PTY) and a subdirectory, /dev/pts,
3338 for the slaves; the slaves are named with decimal integers (/dev/pts/#
3339 in our notation). This removes the problem of exhausting the
3340 namespace and enables the kernel to automatically create the device
3341 nodes for the slaves on demand using the "devpts" filesystem.