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The '''Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority''' ('''LANANA''') is a central registry of names and numbers used within [[Linux]]. It was created in [[2000]] by [[H. Peter Anvin]],. andAs itsof current2013, maintainerit isalong with [[TorbenFilesystem MathiasenHierarchy Standard]]. '''LANANA'''matters ishad partmoved ofunder the [[FreeLinux StandardsStandard GroupBase]], which itself operates under [[Linux Foundation]]'s auspices per Russ Herrold.

== Registries ==

* [https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/devices.html Linux Device List] — major and minor numbers of Linux [[device node]]s, and their standard locations in the /dev directory

* Linux Device List — major and minor numbers of Linux [[device node]]s, and their standard locations in the /dev directory

* Linux Zone Unicode Assignments — code points assigned for Linux within the [[Private Use Area]] of [[Unicode]]

* severalSeveral namespace registries for the [[Linux Standard Base]]

== History ==

The Linux Device List was created in [[1992]] by [[Rick Miller (programmer)|Rick Miller]], and maintained by him until [[1993]]. In [[1995]], it was adopted by [[H. Peter Anvin]]. In [[2000]], he created LANANA to maintain the list and other similar lists in the future. The name of the registry was a playful reference to [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]], the central registry of names and numbers used in the [[Internet]].

In [[2002]], LANANA became an official workgroup of the Free Standards Group.

As of 2024, the official registry of allocated device numbers and /dev directory is in the [https://www.kernel.org/doc/ Linux kernel documentation] in [https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/index.html The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide] part detailing [https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/devices.html Linux Device List].

== References ==

* {{cite mailing list|last=Quinlan|first=Daniel|title=completed LANANA proposal|mailing-list=lanana-discuss|date=2002-04-23|url=https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/lanana-discuss/2002-April/000011.html}}

* {{cite mailing list|last=QuinlanHerrold|first=DanielRuss|title=completedSCL LANANAdiscussion ... proposal|mailinglistmailing-list=lananalsb-discuss|date=20022013-0411-2305|url=httpshttp://lists.linux-foundationlinuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lananalsb-discuss/20022013-AprilNovember/000011007772.html| quote=LANANA now a sub-part of LSB, under LF}}

== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190701001332/http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices-2.6+.txt The Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority], archived from http://lanana.org on 16 June 2019

* [http://lanana.org The Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority]

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