From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [CFT] more kdev_t-ectomy
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 17:15:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EA33839.4050302@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <UTC200304202356.h3KNuYK14756.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl>
Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
>
> It doesnt matter much. I would not have introduced kdev_t just
> for slightly more efficient dev_t handling. But we have it already.
> It seems meaningless to go and replace it by something more awkward
> and less efficient.
>
It isn't, though, if it makes things cleaner and avoids double conversions.
> [But should anyone want: globally s/kdev_t/dev_t/ and a small edit
> of kdev_t.h suffices.]
>
> We do need a dev32_t for NFSv2 et al, though.
>
> I don't know why.
So we can have (k)dev_t_to_dev32() for NFSv2 et al, which only allows
for 32 bits in device numbers. This is 12:20 <-> 32:32 conversions.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-21 0:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-20 23:56 [CFT] more kdev_t-ectomy Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-21 0:15 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-04-21 0:35 ` viro
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2003-04-21 1:32 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-21 3:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-20 21:58 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-20 22:35 ` viro
2003-04-20 21:17 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-20 21:26 ` viro
2003-04-20 13:31 viro
2003-04-20 15:26 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2003-04-20 16:00 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-04-20 19:24 ` viro
2003-04-20 21:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
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