Re: 64-bit kdev_t - just for playing

Andrew Morton (akpm@digeo.com)
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:06:45 -0700

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>
> dev_t is already 64 bits in glibc, and the glibc<->kernel interface
> needs to be fixed *anyway*. We have to take the pain of migration, we
> might as well go all the way.

If I understand the words of Andries and Linus correctly, that is the plan.

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