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SubjectRe: Larger dev_t
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > high-end-disks. Rather the reverse. I'm advocating the SCSI layer not
> > hogging a major number, but letting low-level drivers get at _their_
> > requests directly.
>
> A major for 'disk' generically makes total sense. Classing raid controllers
> as 'scsi' isnt neccessarily accurate. A major for 'serial ports' would also
> solve a lot of misery
>

But it might also cause just as much misery, specifically because things
move around too much.

-hpa

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