Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (david parsons) | | Subject | Re: Journaled FS | | Date | 18 Jun 1998 12:02:03 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.Pine.GSO.3.96.980617121154.8969C-100000@adina.cs.unibo.it>, Andrea Arcangeli <arcangel@cs.unibo.it> wrote: >I hope fs developers will remeber to use at least 32bit to store major and >minor numbers (instead of only 16bit) while projecting the newfs (to >remove the need of devfs).
The size of major and minor numbers is not, IMO, a significant reason to have a devfs or not. Having device drivers be able to tell you that they exist and what devices they're handling -- in a consistant fashion, btw -- *IS* a significant reason, and this won't be stopped even if the kernel goes to the glibc 64 or 128 or 256 bit major or minor numbers.
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