Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Oct 1999 14:03:38 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: USB device allocation |
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david parsons wrote: > > In article <linux.kernel.37FA7D3A.F66BFB27@pobox.com>, > Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote: > >"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > >> Actually, the need is for a decent-sized dev_t. > > > >We're still pre-code-freeze... it would be great to change this before > >2.4.0. > > 3.0 > > That's a pretty major kernel interface change that will break > close to everything in userland. If version numbers mean > anything, this sort of change is suited for a major version > number revision.
Will changing kdev_t (see linux/kdev_t.h) break userland? Or just cause a module recompile and break mknod?
Jeff
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