From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:59:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:59:11 -0400 Received: from weta.f00f.org ([203.167.249.89]:48772 "HELO weta.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:59:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:59:07 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Mailing List , viro@math.psu.edu, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: RFC: Remove swap file support Message-ID: <20010717235907.A14652@weta.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <3B472C06.78A9530C@mandrakesoft.com> <20010715032528.E6722@weta.f00f.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 11:35:52AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: I can't see how any device that doesn't support read or writing just a byte can be a character device. Why not... -EINVAL if the read alignment or size is improper... --cw From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:59:07 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood Subject: Re: RFC: Remove swap file support Message-ID: <20010717235907.A14652@weta.f00f.org> References: <3B472C06.78A9530C@mandrakesoft.com> <20010715032528.E6722@weta.f00f.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Mailing List , viro@math.psu.edu, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 11:35:52AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: I can't see how any device that doesn't support read or writing just a byte can be a character device. Why not... -EINVAL if the read alignment or size is improper... --cw -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/