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SubjectRe: [linux-usb] Re: USB device allocation
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> > RJ> The Unix-like kernel knows only major/minor device numbers, not names.
> > Which POSIX standard says how unix-like kernel acts inside ???
>
> I'm beginning to wonder why we're still fumbling around with the
> major/minor concept. Is there any compelling reason for it other than
> "thats the way we've always done it since 1970's, and 640k is enough ram
> for anyone"?

You need a permanent on disk device key for the system. That basically means
either a name or number in the inode. A number is obviously somewhat easier.

major/minor is a very clean and neat idea - we might want 32bits of it sure


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