On 07/02/09 15:38, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
Darren Reed wrote:
Garrett D'Amore wrote:
...
We'd like to propose that the GLDv3 change to start numbering minor
numbers
at 10001, to leave more room for other kinds of minor numbers.
Rather than use a decimal range, does reserving n low order bits seem
worthwhile? Decimal is human friendly... how often does a human
need to see the minor number?
Darren
Decimal or some other value, it doesn't matter to the software. I
just picked a bigger value than was used before.
Just to be clear, it would be nice if you could resend the updated
proposal and in it mention how big the number space is for the
various uses.
Also, will the number space split apply to all devices or just those
with D_DUAL_PERSONALITY set?
How does this interact with devfs and devfsadm?
Is it possible to confuse what type of device is present by the
name in /dev?
For example, if a link to the driver's 'character' device is present
in /dev, could that mistakingly be expected to be a STREAMS
device and cause unexpected failure?
Darren
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