Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 16 May 2001 16:43:32 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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Richard Gooch wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin writes: > > Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > > > Erm, let's start again. My central point is that you can use devfs > > > names to reliably figure out what kind of device a FD is, as a cleaner > > > alternative to comparing major numbers. Therefore, I'm challenging the > > > notion that you need to reserve magic major numbers in order to > > > distinguish devices. > > > > Noone in this tree has made that claim. Everyone agree it's > > butt-ugly. However, your solution is by and large just as > > butt-ugly. > > So you'd prefer some kind of capability list? >
Yes.
-hpa
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