Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: More on bigger kdev_t | Date | Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:07:36 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Well, as we noticed before, we can export a 12/20 split over NFS v2 (I > believe this is not an issue over NFS v3 or higher.) However, if we
Indeed
> go to a 64-bit type now -- at least for the kernel-user space > interface -- we greatly reduce the risk of backing ourselves into a > corner that we have to deal with later.
glibc has a 32/32 belief so externally when firing stuff at userspace it makes 100% sense.
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