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SubjectRe: More on bigger kdev_t
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> If kdev_t is a 4 byte long structure, (i.e., using a 16/16 major/minor
> split), the compiler should be able to do a relatively good job of
> optimizing accesses to it. If not, that's a compiler bug that we should
> report, and ask the gcc/egcs folks to fix.

On many platforms

struct
{
u16 a;
u16 b;
};

is an 8 byte object.


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