From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: major/minor split
Date: 20 Mar 2003 16:04:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b5dkva$mgc$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0303210016360.5042-100000@serv
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303210016360.5042-100000@serv>
By author: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I mean via mknod, e.g. if the user has a major/minor number, how should it
> be converted to a dev_t number?
>
Using MKDEV(). Basically, use the old format if it fits (for
compatibility), otherwise the new format.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-20 23:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-20 22:24 major/minor split Andries.Brouwer
2003-03-20 23:23 ` Roman Zippel
2003-03-21 0:04 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-03-20 23:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
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2003-03-21 7:35 Andries.Brouwer
2003-03-19 21:40 Andries.Brouwer
2003-03-20 21:00 ` Roman Zippel
2003-03-20 21:47 ` Joel Becker
2003-03-20 22:03 ` Joel Becker
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