Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 19:27:00 +0200 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simplifying devfs: minor == unit Message-ID: <20080527172700.GM64397@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <483C4358.2050707@elischer.org> References: <20080527130615.GJ64397@hoeg.nl> <20080527150244.GN21317@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <483C4358.2050707@elischer.org>
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--IoFIGPN1N3g1Ryqz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> wrote: > Make sure that old binaries that expect the minor number sot be on a =20 > certain format are not broken.. > > try run some old 2.2.5 binaries in a 2.2.5 jail with /dev mounted and =20 > make sure that things like ptys work. This should not be a problem. Even though they are called minor numbers, they must not be confused with the device minor numbers which are shown in /dev. These are always the same as the inode number of the device. The minor numbers which are currently being used inside the kernel have no actual purpose, but are only there to remain compatible with certain KPI's. --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --IoFIGPN1N3g1Ryqz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkg8RGQACgkQ52SDGA2eCwWMPACcD9w7bwdpPOEI+VbH9moodbKw fgYAn0dngnfBCuNwSz5zSd4RHGVdbWDy =J+gf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IoFIGPN1N3g1Ryqz--
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