From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264011AbTDNWSI (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:18:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264012AbTDNWSI (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:18:08 -0400 Received: from inet-mail4.oracle.com ([148.87.2.204]:927 "EHLO inet-mail4.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264011AbTDNWRk (for ); Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:17:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:28:47 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kdevt-diff Message-ID: <20030414222847.GN4917@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: <20030414221110.GK4917@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <200304142218.h3EMIKIO017775@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304142218.h3EMIKIO017775@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> 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 Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 06:18:20PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:11:10 PDT, Joel Becker said: > > I guess I'm wondering what made you choose "consistency across > > legacy filesystems" over "consistency across our expanded device space". > > I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that being able to > boot using the /dev on an iso9660 CD is a requirement for most distros? Um, most distros mount a ramdisk. Also, the number of devices needed for a boot surely fit in the 8:8 legacy space? I'm willing to hear dissent, I just wanted to know the rationale. Joel -- "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127