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> In message <20050310222652.GA31757@infradead.org>, Christoph Hellwig writes:
>>On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:11:44PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>> 
>>> Linux has only 8 bit major + 8 bit minor dev_t.
>>
>>Not true anymore.  Current Linux has 12bit major and 20bit minor.
> 
> Well, that doesn't change the situation: the linuxolator has a task
> to learn.

A translation table probably?