Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:11:05 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.2-pre7 still missing bits of kdev_t |
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > As mentioned to viro on IRC, I think init_special_inode should take > > major and minor arguments, to nudge the filesystem implementors into > > thinking that major and minor should be treated separately, and be given > > additional thought as to how they are encoded on-disk. > > Yes. If somebody sends me a patch, I'll apply it in a jiffy.
Guys, wait a minute with that. There is a related issue (->i_rdev becoming dev_t) and I'd rather see it handled first.
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