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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:11:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.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, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> 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.

Guys, wait a minute with that.  There is a related issue (->i_rdev
becoming dev_t) and I'd rather see it handled first.

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