Re: regarding major number of block extended devt

[H. Peter Anvin]

Tejun Heo wrote:
> > >
> > It would seem better to simply use the high minors on the
> > already-existing ide and scsi majors?
>
> I thought it would be better to break from those majors to make it clear
> that the traditional minor allocation scheme isn't followed anymore.
> Programs which expect certain majors are likely to need update for how
> it deals with minors, so....

But just allocating a big bucket of device numbers and throw it all into 
a pot semirandomly is likely to cause more damage, not less.

	-hpa
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