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SubjectRe: Type-change of kdev_t
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Roger W.Brown wrote:

|
| Hi,
|
| I'm no kernel hacker so I am little hesitant to speak; however,
| I'm looking at kdev_t.h from the linux-2.5.3-pre1 source.
|
| The type of kdev_t has changed recently from a scalar type to a
| structured type. Should macro definitions such as MINOR(dev) also
| be revised to be consistent with the "new" kdev_t ?

Macros to use kdev_t also changed.

| Something like:
|
| #define MINOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev.value) & MINORMASK))
|
| rather than
|
| #define MINOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev) & MINORMASK))
|
| Then usage of the MINOR() macro remains unchanged.

Nope, use major() and minor() instead [although I prefer
the kmajor() and kminor() patch].

See http://www.osdl.org/archive/rddunlap/linux-port-25x.html,
item 7, bullet 3, which points to an email from one Linus Torvalds
about the kdev_t change.

--
~Randy

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