Re: Migrating to larger numbers

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
07 Jun 1999 11:12:54 -0400

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>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> 64bit dev_t's are going to cause some real problems. I would suggest you
> try passing a 64bit dev_t over NFS - especially to non unix clients before
> you do this.

Wouldn't devfs make devices-on-foofs completely unnecessary ?

Stefan

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