Re: 2.4 To Pending Device Number Registrants

2001-05-15 Thread bert hubert
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:54:33AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > So I would think that this block of new major number allocations holds for > > 2.5 and not 2.4. Also, if I'm correct, 2.4 won't be needing a lot of new > > major numbers anyhow. > > I wouldnt bet on that. Going to a 32bit dev_t interna

Re: 2.4 To Pending Device Number Registrants

2001-05-15 Thread Alan Cox
> So I would think that this block of new major number allocations holds for > 2.5 and not 2.4. Also, if I'm correct, 2.4 won't be needing a lot of new > major numbers anyhow. I wouldnt bet on that. Going to a 32bit dev_t internally without user space noticing would keep it seems to be quite doab