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Subject: Re: HEADSUP: linux dev_t emulation
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:11:44PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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> Linux has only 8 bit major + 8 bit minor dev_t.

Not true anymore.  Current Linux has 12bit major and 20bit minor.