Re: [PATCH] kdevt-diff

Joel Becker (Joel.Becker@oracle.com)
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:28:47 -0700

On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 06:18:20PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:11:10 PDT, Joel Becker said:
> > I guess I'm wondering what made you choose "consistency across
> > legacy filesystems" over "consistency across our expanded device space".
>
> I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that being able to
> boot using the /dev on an iso9660 CD is a requirement for most distros?

Um, most distros mount a ramdisk. Also, the number of devices
needed for a boot surely fit in the 8:8 legacy space? I'm willing to
hear dissent, I just wanted to know the rationale.

Joel

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Joel Becker
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Oracle Corporation
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