Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266055AbUAFA7u (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:59:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266058AbUAFA7u (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:59:50 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:132 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266055AbUAFA7s (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:59:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 00:59:44 +0000 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andries Brouwer , Daniel Jacobowitz , Rob Love , rob@landley.net, Pascal Schmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-ID: <20040106005944.GH4176@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20040104230104.A11439@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040105030737.GA29964@nevyn.them.org> <20040105132756.A975@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040105205228.A1092@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20040106001326.A1128@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 648 Lines: 17 On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 03:32:03PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > dev_t lbt_devno() > { > return nr++; > } > > since the numbers do have to be unique "per boot". They just shouldn't be > considered "stable" _nor_ "meaningful". Cute. There's a little issue of, say it, meaningful relationship between sda and sda4, completely lost that way. And _that_ has nothing to do with device enumeration. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/