$ /sbin/modinfo raw1394 license: GPL alias: char-major-171-0 * 16 vermagic: 2.6.8-1.526smp SMP 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4 depends: ieee1394 alias: ieee1394:ven*mo*sp0000A02Dver00010001* alias: ieee1394:ven*mo*sp0000A02Dver00000100* Hmm, what does that mean???? alias: char-major-171-0 * 16 ----- The answer is: it's a bug in the kernel sources: # fgrep MODULE_ALIAS /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521/drivers/ieee1394/* /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521/drivers/ieee1394/amdtp.c:MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(IEEE1394_MAJOR, IEEE1394_MINOR_BLOCK_AMDTP * 16); /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521/drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c:MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(IEEE1394_MAJOR, IEEE1394_MINOR_BLOCK_DV1394 * 16); /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521/drivers/ieee1394/raw1394.c:MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(IEEE1394_MAJOR, IEEE1394_MINOR_BLOCK_RAW1394 * 16); /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521/drivers/ieee1394/video1394.c:MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(IEEE1394_MAJOR, IEEE1394_MINOR_BLOCK_VIDEO1394 * 16); MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV stringifies its arguments to generate the alias string, thus generating "0 * 16" instead of 0, "1 * 16" instead of 16, etc.
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