Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Larger dev_t | Date | Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:06:33 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Device numbers have to be uniqe only during one power on -> run -> > power off cycle. For the rest applications should store device > names instead anyway. The applications, that don't are buggy by > defintion.
Device numbers/names have to be constant in order to detect disk layout changes across boots.
Alan
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