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Subject: Re: Larger dev_t
To: ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Ingo Oeser)
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:06:33 +0100 (BST)
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> Device numbers have to be uniqe only during one power on -> run ->
> power off cycle. For the rest applications should store device
> names instead anyway. The applications, that don't are buggy by
> defintion.

Device numbers/names have to be constant in order to detect disk layout changes
across boots.

Alan

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