On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 12:01:09AM +0200, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> > Do all devices smaller than 16:16 appear the same on all
> > filesystems, limited or not?
>
> Yes.
I meant "is that the behavior we want to choose?" I understand
that this would be the result of your current scheme.
I guess I'm wondering what made you choose "consistency across
legacy filesystems" over "consistency across our expanded device space".
Joel
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