From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, bcrl@redhat.com, phillips@bonn-fries.net
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
torvalds@transmeta.com, viro@math.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code in userspace
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 20:45:20 +0200 (MET DST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <UTC200105221845.UAA78949.aeb@vlet.cwi.nl> (raw)
>> What is the communication between user space and kernel
>> that transports device identities?
> It doesn't change, the same symbolic names still work.
But today, unless you think of devfs or so, device identities
are not transported by symbolic names. They are given by
device numbers.
[Yes, symbolic names have a certain secondary role, e.g. in error
messages, or perhaps to indicate the boot device.]
Andries
next reply other threads:[~2001-05-22 18:46 UTC|newest]
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2001-05-22 18:45 Andries.Brouwer [this message]
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2001-05-21 12:43 [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code in userspace Andries.Brouwer
2001-05-21 16:08 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-05-19 11:09 Andries.Brouwer
2001-05-19 11:43 ` Andrew Morton
2001-05-19 12:00 ` Alexander Viro
2001-05-19 15:56 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-05-19 6:23 Ben LaHaise
2001-05-19 9:42 ` Christer Weinigel
2001-05-19 9:51 ` Christer Weinigel
2001-05-19 11:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-05-19 14:25 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-05-21 8:14 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2001-05-22 9:07 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-05-19 13:53 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-05-19 18:31 ` Linus Torvalds
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