Yes. Well no. We can't break backwards compatibility with userspace
like this. So things like root device naming will have to live on for a
while.
> By the way, why doesn't imposing consistent predefined major/minor numbers
> (0x0301 instead of "hda1") count as "policy"? I'm honestly curious...
It does. I want to get rid of it too :) But that's still a ways away...
thanks,
greg k-h
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