Re: LVM 1.0 release decision

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
11 May 2001 08:42:13 -0700


Followup to: <E14yDyI-0000yE-00@the-village.bc.nu>
By author: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> A new format is fine but import old ones properly. And if you do a new format
> stop using kdev_t on disk - it will change size soon
>

Not to mention that it might end up being a pointer, or go away (to be
replaced with kchrdev_t, kblkdev_t or something like that.)

*** kdev_t does not belong in user space or on disk; it is a kernel
transient object. ***

Personally I can't believe this code went into the mainstream kernel
*at all* with this wart in it.

-hpa

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