Re: Time for kdev_t

aem@netcom.ca
Mon, 5 Jan 1998 23:23:09 -0500 (EST)

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> Seems to be time for struct kdev_t... (anyone started on this task? I
> looked at the affected places and have one in mind (for block devices,
> don't really know what to do with the character ones).

There is a lot of code that doesn't play by the rules, but the
fixes are simple enough.

I did some work on 32-bit majors and minors - it seems like a
logical choice.

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