Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:08:55 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Larger dev_t |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> They will mostly break. Installers tend to parse /proc/scsi and have fairly > complex ioctl based relationships based on knowing ide v scsi. > > /dev/disc/ is a little un-unix but its clean
Then make a '/proc/block/{ide|scsi|raid|wtf|ram|net}' which has a string name for a real mknod thingy that includes the major|minor of the animal.
Is this simpler than the problem?
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