Re: memory waste in fs/devices.c/kdevname()
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:08:06 -0800 (PST)
> > Please let's make it output decimal numbers, too, like everything else
> > that uses device numbers. Too many people have been confused about
> > this like there is no tomorrow.
>
> That would be incredibly incredibly mindbogglingly dumb
>
> We would then have two sets of kernels where an error on 13:00 means two
> totally different devices. Much saner would be to put 0x in front of the
> output.
No, change the punctuation to that it is unambiguous. I suggest
replace the : with a , so you'd see either "13:00" or "19,0".
-hpa
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