Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Apr 2003 17:15:53 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [CFT] more kdev_t-ectomy |
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Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > It doesnt matter much. I would not have introduced kdev_t just > for slightly more efficient dev_t handling. But we have it already. > It seems meaningless to go and replace it by something more awkward > and less efficient. >
It isn't, though, if it makes things cleaner and avoids double conversions.
> [But should anyone want: globally s/kdev_t/dev_t/ and a small edit > of kdev_t.h suffices.] > > We do need a dev32_t for NFSv2 et al, though. > > I don't know why.
So we can have (k)dev_t_to_dev32() for NFSv2 et al, which only allows for 32 bits in device numbers. This is 12:20 <-> 32:32 conversions.
-hpa
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