Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:52:56 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: 64-bit kdev_t - just for playing |
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On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 03:42:24PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > We need to default to 12:20 for char but where the 20 is actually > defaulting to 0000xx so we don't get extra minors for any device > that hasnt been audited for it
Why do we need a split at all? Just make it reserve a 8k range which is the same as the old major. No problem with wasting space then.
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