From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:02:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:02:54 -0500 Received: from inet-mail4.oracle.com ([148.87.2.204]:10951 "EHLO inet-mail4.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:02:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:12:51 -0800 From: Joel Becker To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Erik Hensema , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: LVM/Device mapper breaks with -mm (was: Re: 2.5.66-mm1) Message-ID: <20030326211251.GR19670@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: <20030326013839.0c470ebb.akpm@digeo.com> <20030326134834.GA11173@win.tue.nl> <20030326160350.GA11190@win.tue.nl> <20030326184723.GM19670@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <20030326205228.GA11217@win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030326205228.GA11217@win.tue.nl> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 09:52:28PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > > We also should iron out our representations. eg, hpa's > > recommendation for 64bits, or the 12/20 split for 32bit, or etc. > > There is no hurry. These changes are just editing a few lines > in kdev_t.h. I tend to prefer 64 bits, like hpa. > Maybe I should send another patch tonight, just for playing. Please, I'd like that. It does actually matter, because glibc and mknod (to name a couple) have to pass a proper dev_t for the new format (glibc actually does an explicit conversion to 8:8 in sysdeps/sysv/linux/xmkmod.c, which we need to fix to the proper mapping). Stuff like that. Joel -- "This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I'll never look into your eyes again." Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127