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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
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Subject: Re: 64-bit kdev_t - just for playing
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
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> dev_t is already 64 bits in glibc, and the glibc<->kernel interface
> needs to be fixed *anyway*.  We have to take the pain of migration, we
> might as well go all the way.

If I understand the words of Andries and Linus correctly, that is the plan.