From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@SteelEye.com>
Subject: Re: One more question about the linux md driver
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:28:19 -0400
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Paul Clements wrote:

> to use dev_unit() (which basically masks out the minor number from a
> kdev_t, leaving the major number).

...that's not exactly what I meant to say... :)

The minor_shift determines which portion of the device number represents
the "partition" and which portion represents the "disk". The division is
not necessarily along the major/minor line.

--
Paul