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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Subject: Re: /dev/root: which approach ? [PATCH]
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:10:23 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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Followup to:  <c2nv6c$j5$2@news.cistron.nl>
By author:    "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In article <404F77F3.9070106@kolumbus.fi>,
> Mika Penttil?  <mika.penttila@kolumbus.fi> wrote:
> >
> >>My question to the FS hackers: which one is the preferred approach?
> >>
> >>dev_root_alias.patch
> >>
> >>+	/* See if device is the /dev/root alias. */
> >>+	if (dev == MKDEV(4, 1)) {
> >
> >what is this 4,1, a tty???
> 
> If it was a character device, yes. But it's a block device, and
> major 4 isn't used yet. I just made it up, a major would need to
> be allocated by LANANA ofcourse.
> 

Please contact John Cagle <device@lanana.org>.

	-hpa
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