Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) | Date | 19 Jun 1999 01:04:28 -0400 |
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>>>>> "Theodore" == Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes: > self-descriptive device ID is a good thing, but instead of using that ID > *instead* of the major/minor devices, why not have the kernel export a > mapping table between the string ID and the major/minor devices to the
I thought that's what devfs *is*: a mapping table from stringID to major/minor device. Plus a little extra on the side.
Stefan
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