Re: Minor numbers

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 14 May 2001 18:04:31 +0100 (BST)

> No. Inside the kernel the dev_t type does not really occur.
> The exercise is essentially the patch that I sent last month or so.

mknod takes a 32bit input
the stat64 padding only has room for 32bits

The kernel representation internally I dont care about, its probably a pointer
not a 32:32 though

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