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Subject: Re: Why does x86_64 support a SuSE-specific ioctl?
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 06:10, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > * viro might have a cow at the use of kdev_t_to_nr...  is that required 
> > for compatibility with some existing apps?  It seems like you want to 
> > _decompose_ a number into major/minor, to be an interface that 
> > withstands the test of time
> 
> It withstands the test of time as well as stat(2) or the loop ioctls.

Is that old stat, stat, stat64 or the proposed new stat64 ?

I see no good reason for this ioctl at all, in any tree.

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