Philip Guenther <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 9:45 PM David Gwynne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you can trick someone into implementing 64bit device ids you can have > > more than your 16 millionth tap device. > > > > Hhahahahahahahhahahahahah. > > That would involve rolling six syscall numbers, not to mention handling the > 64bit padding in one of mknod() or mknodat(). > > As the guy who did the last type bump that invasive, Just Say No.
Right, it will never happen. It serves no purpose. The network driver can clamp itself at 24 bits, if it matters.
