From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 14 May 2001 13:14:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 14 May 2001 13:14:47 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:8972 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 May 2001 13:14:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 18:13:57 +0100 From: Joel Becker To: Alan Cox Cc: Rogier Wolff , Alex Q Chen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Minor numbers Message-ID: <20010514181356.U6223@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Joel Becker , Alan Cox , Rogier Wolff , Alex Q Chen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200105141302.PAA14005@cave.bitwizard.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 03:57:21PM +0100 X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 03:57:21PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > 20:12 is more common > > > > Which is major, which is minor? > > 20bit major Well, AIX 4.3 (and 4.[12] I think as well) uses 16:16, and they are preparing for 32:32 when the kernel finaly goes fully 64-bit. I don't know enough about AIX 5.1 to know if they really did that or backed down on their promise (The kernel guys told me two years ago that they were going to push the full 64-bit migration, but I haven't heard anything since). Joel -- "We'd better get back, `cause it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night. Mostly." http://www.jlbec.org/ jlbec@evilplan.org