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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:53:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.5.2-pre7 still missing bits of kdev_t
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> As mentioned to viro on IRC, I think init_special_inode should take
> major and minor arguments, to nudge the filesystem implementors into
> thinking that major and minor should be treated separately, and be given
> additional thought as to how they are encoded on-disk.

Yes. If somebody sends me a patch, I'll apply it in a jiffy.

		Linus

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