Re: devlinks: an alternative to devfs

Rob Hagopian (hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu)
Thu, 8 Jan 1998 01:15:56 -0500 (EST)

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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:

> ok. but you mix several topics (devfs has nothing to do with 8 bit minor
> numbers).
>
> sorry, but i don't think that 8 bit minor numbers are a big problem.

Just try adding more than 16 SCSI drives to a system. 8 bit minor numbers
are definately a problem.
-Rob H.

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