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SubjectRe: More on bigger kdev_t
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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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