Re: [CFT] more kdev_t-ectomy

[H. Peter Anvin]

[e-mail] wrote:
> 
> It doesnt matter much. I would not have introduced kdev_t just
> for slightly more efficient dev_t handling. But we have it already.
> It seems meaningless to go and replace it by something more awkward
> and less efficient.
> 

It isn't, though, if it makes things cleaner and avoids double conversions.

> [But should anyone want: globally s/kdev_t/dev_t/ and a small edit
> of kdev_t.h suffices.]
> 
>     We do need a dev32_t for NFSv2 et al, though.
> 
> I don't know why.

So we can have (k)dev_t_to_dev32() for NFSv2 et al, which only allows 
for 32 bits in device numbers.  This is 12:20 <-> 32:32 conversions.

	-hpa