Re: 64-bit kdev_t - just for playing

From: Joel Becker (Joel.Becker@oracle.com)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 18:45:08 EST

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On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:18:54PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Glibc already has a bigger dev_t

Yes, but they hand-map 8:8 in functions like xmknod(). They
should really be using macros.

Joel

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