Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [linux-usb] Re: USB device allocation | Date | Fri, 8 Oct 1999 23:20:13 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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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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