On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 06:10, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > * viro might have a cow at the use of kdev_t_to_nr... is that required
> > for compatibility with some existing apps? It seems like you want to
> > _decompose_ a number into major/minor, to be an interface that
> > withstands the test of time
>
> It withstands the test of time as well as stat(2) or the loop ioctls.
Is that old stat, stat, stat64 or the proposed new stat64 ?
I see no good reason for this ioctl at all, in any tree.
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