Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jan 1998 10:51:10 -0600 (CST) | From | Dan Taylor <> | Subject | Re: disk naming proposal & devfs |
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On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Larry McVoy wrote:
> [...] > : OK, well, I think this is not a problem for devfs. Once you have your > : fs_mountpoint() you can simply call devfs_register(). So, submit a > : patch and wait for it to be accepted (or shot down:-). > > OK, perhaps I misunderstood the point of devfs. Can you please tell me > (perhaps again) what is the problem that devfs is solving? > Various problems related to the current indirect device referencing scheme, including (but not necessarily limited to): -8bit minors, -major/minor table lookup times -filesystem rewriting necessary to go to 16 or 32 bit minors. -major number conflict resolution
> Thanks. >
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