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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Minors remaining in Major 10 ??
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 01:42:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010121014221.A5792@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A6A1B40.459A1B7@transmeta.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101201521320.657-100000@master.linux-ide.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101201521320.657-100000@master.linux-ide.org>; from andre@linux-ide.org on Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 03:40:19PM -0800

On Sat, Jan 20 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> The idea is to have a char not a block because there is no buffered access
> to the dummy driver.  It is very painful to have to open one block device
> and pass parameters to select the one you really want to service in a
> passive mode.

Like the raw devices we have already?

-- 
* Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
* SuSE Labs
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-01-21  0:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-20  8:45 Minors remaining in Major 10 ?? Andre Hedrick
2001-01-20 22:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-20 23:06   ` Andre Hedrick
2001-01-20 23:12     ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-20 23:40       ` Andre Hedrick
2001-01-21  0:42         ` Jens Axboe [this message]
     [not found] <3A6A28B2.83807A1@transmeta.com>
2001-01-21  5:36 ` Andre Hedrick
2001-01-21  5:40   ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-21  5:44     ` Andre Hedrick

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