:> :Use devfs (it doesn't require major/minor numbers).
:>
:> We can't use devfs for this, the partition id is already embedded in the
:> dev_t and it has to stay that way to remain compatible with the
:> preexisting partition space.
:
:Too bad you are not as willing to abandon your existing partition
:space as quickly as you are willing to abandon your historical
:disklabel format, or you wouldn't be having this problem. 8-).
:
: Terry Lambert
: [email protected]
When devfs is the only way to access devices we can abandon
traditional device major/minor id's.
-Matt
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