Re: regarding major number of block extended devt

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Tejun Heo wrote:
>>>
>> It would seem better to simply use the high minors on the
>> already-existing ide and scsi majors?
> 
> I thought it would be better to break from those majors to make it clear
> that the traditional minor allocation scheme isn't followed anymore.
> Programs which expect certain majors are likely to need update for how
> it deals with minors, so....
> 

But just allocating a big bucket of device numbers and throw it all into 
a pot semirandomly is likely to cause more damage, not less.

	-hpa