Re: /dev/root: which approach ? [PATCH]

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <c2nv6c$j5$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
By author:    "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@xxxxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In article <404F77F3.9070106@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Mika Penttilä  <mika.penttila@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>My question to the FS hackers: which one is the preferred approach?
> >>
> >>dev_root_alias.patch
> >>
> >>+	/* See if device is the /dev/root alias. */
> >>+	if (dev == MKDEV(4, 1)) {
> >
> >what is this 4,1, a tty???
> 
> If it was a character device, yes. But it's a block device, and
> major 4 isn't used yet. I just made it up, a major would need to
> be allocated by LANANA ofcourse.
> 

Please contact John Cagle <device@xxxxxxxxxx>.

	-hpa
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/