Werner Almesberger writes:
> rdev is architecture-specific. At least one non-i386 architecture (ARM)
> has an equivalent concept of a parameter block (at least in 2.2), so an
> rdev equivalent could be implemented there (maybe it is), although the
> field offsets are different. Don't know about other architectures.
ARM does indeed have a parameter block, but it is not part of the final
kernel image. The loader (whatever it may be) is expected to setup this
block with all sorts of important information, which it can derive from
whatever source it wishes.
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