Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2001 20:45:20 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code in userspace |
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>> What is the communication between user space and kernel >> that transports device identities?
> It doesn't change, the same symbolic names still work.
But today, unless you think of devfs or so, device identities are not transported by symbolic names. They are given by device numbers.
[Yes, symbolic names have a certain secondary role, e.g. in error messages, or perhaps to indicate the boot device.]
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