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SubjectRe: Migrating to larger numbers
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> Not really... some devices have a legitimate need for a sparse minor
> number space. I'd be interested in how HP/UX deals with this; they've

People are generally using 12:20 for that which gives you a very sparse minor
space but 32bits, so it works with things like NFS still.

> had a fairly large dev_t for aeons.

I thought HP/UX was using 32bit dev_t. I'll check once I get the cables
for the HP here




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