Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 May 2001 17:41:57 -0600 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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H. Peter Anvin writes: > Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > Erm, let's start again. My central point is that you can use devfs > > names to reliably figure out what kind of device a FD is, as a cleaner > > alternative to comparing major numbers. Therefore, I'm challenging the > > notion that you need to reserve magic major numbers in order to > > distinguish devices. > > Noone in this tree has made that claim. Everyone agree it's > butt-ugly. However, your solution is by and large just as > butt-ugly.
So you'd prefer some kind of capability list?
Regards,
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