On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 03:41:11PM -0700, John Byrne wrote:
> 1.) Any decision on what the bigger dev_t will be? 16-bit major and
> 16-bit minor, for example?
My old code does something like this:
major = (dev >> 32);
minor = (dev & 0xffffffff);
if (!major) {
major = (dev >> 16);
minor = (dev & 0xffff);
if (!major) {
major = (dev >> 8);
minor = (dev & 0xff);
}
}
In other words: If the whole thing is 16-bit, there is an 8-8
split. If the whole thing is 32-bit, there is a 16-16 split.
Etc.
This allows all the old device numbers to stay.
The present isofs code uses a similar algorithm.
In principle of course a device number is a structureless number,
but mknod needs it in two components, and ls lists it in two
components. Otherwise the partition does not play a role.
Andries
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