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SubjectRe: [Patch][RFC] conflicting device major numbers in devices.txt
On Tue, Sep 21 2004, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Dienstag, 21. September 2004 11:23, Torben Mathiasen wrote:
> > s/390 dasd moved to major 94.
> > s/390 VM/ESA moved to major 95.
> > INFTL moved to major 96.
>
> Actually, major 95 has never been used for VM minidisks or any other
> s390 block device in any 2.4 or 2.6 based distribution, because that
> driver was integrated into the dasd driver (it just uses a different
> access method on the same devices). You might want to document that
> this number is currently unused, even if it doesn't get assigned to
> any other driver.
>

So, what you're saying is that Major 95 is not used at all in real life? Then
I'll remove it from from the list completely during the my next push. Let me
know if there's a point in keeping it assigned even if its obsolete.

Torben
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