From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 11 May 2001 11:42:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 11 May 2001 11:42:49 -0400 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:52996 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 11 May 2001 11:42:35 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: LVM 1.0 release decision Date: 11 May 2001 08:42:13 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <9dh18l$evk$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <20010511162745.B18341@sistina.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: Alan Cox In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > A new format is fine but import old ones properly. And if you do a new format > stop using kdev_t on disk - it will change size soon > Not to mention that it might end up being a pointer, or go away (to be replaced with kchrdev_t, kblkdev_t or something like that.) *** kdev_t does not belong in user space or on disk; it is a kernel transient object. *** Personally I can't believe this code went into the mainstream kernel *at all* with this wart in it. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt