Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Larger dev_t | Date | Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:45:03 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Not using 64 also gives interesting small problems with Solaris or > FreeBSD NFS mounts. One uses 14+18, the other 8+24, so with 12+20 > we cannot handle Solaris' majors and we cannot handle FreeBSD's minors.
Mount NFS device areas with NFSv2. Thats the standard workaround for the fact the NFSv3 designers got a good idea slightly wrong. There are other approaches too that also do not need 64bits. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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