Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:47:58 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Larger dev_t and major/minor split |
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 01:42:41PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > a) We use a 32+32 bit split for dev_t. Major zero, minor < 65536 > would be reserved for compatibility with the old 16-bit dev_t; it > still leaves the zero value the "no device" entry. We could still > use major 0, minor >= 65536 as anonymous devices, or we could > switch using major 255 which has been reserved for expansion for > the past eight years.
Well, it seems that this is the most reasonable split, able to handle everyone for a long time. I can live with it, if only to keep people from Oracle quiet :)
thanks,
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