Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers | Date | 7 Jun 1999 23:41:11 GMT |
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Followup to: <199906072316.JAA05265@vindaloo.atnf.CSIRO.AU> By author: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Alan Cox writes: > > > >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes: > > > > 64bit dev_t's are going to cause some real problems. I would suggest you > > > > try passing a 64bit dev_t over NFS - especially to non unix clients before > > > > you do this. > > > > > > Wouldn't devfs make devices-on-foofs completely unnecessary ? > > > > Of course not. > > Why not? Assuming all your drivers have devfs support, you don't need > device support in your filesystems. >
Uh, yeah, right.
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