Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:06:31 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: svn-src-projects@freebsd.org, mdf@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r225154 - in projects/ino64/sys/ufs: ffs ufs Message-ID: <201108291506.31961.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110827185539.GB1929@hoeg.nl> References: <201108242214.p7OMEuMP072758@svn.freebsd.org> <201108251142.58276.jhb@freebsd.org> <20110827185539.GB1929@hoeg.nl>
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On Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:55:39 pm Ed Schouten wrote: > I think if we're ever going to consider extending dev_t, we should just > nuke the entire major/minor number thing. If we're only going to fill > them with 64 bits of random garbage, we'd better just display them > hexadecimal or something. > > This patch removes all the use of major()/minor()/makedev() as far as > possible from all non-contributed software: > > http://80386.nl/pub/major-minor.txt > > Keep in mind that this doesn't conflict with POSIX, because POSIX only > describes dev_t, not the division in major/minor numbers. For example, > the output of ls -l on device nodes is implementation defined. > > I suspect this message will cause bikesheds. ;-) I care not how they are displayed. Go for it. -- John Baldwin
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