Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:07:21 -0800 | From | Joel Becker <> | Subject | Re: 64-bit kdev_t - just for playing |
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:32:55PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > later. The ones who ask now for a larger dev_t the loudest are likely the > first to demand later not change anything for "compability", because they > hardcoded certain assumptions about dev_t into their applications.
I'm right here campaigning loudly for a larger dev_t. I intend to never, ever make assumptions about dev_t. In fact, I'd rather not deal with dev_t. But I do need a way to map 4k or 8k or 16k disks. now.
Joel
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