Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 May 2001 18:53:10 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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On Mon, 14 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Except that Linus wont hand out major numbers, which means I can't even boot > > > simply off such a device. I bet the vendors in question dont think the sun > > > shines out of linus backside any more. > > > > Not really. Special-casing for mounting root is trivially solvable. BTDT, > > and you've reviewed the patch. > > And lilo ?
LILO uses BIOS, for fsck sake. It couldn't care less for device numbers on the kernel side. Ask Andries how much do they have in common with BIOS drive numbers.
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