Re: memory waste in fs/devices.c/kdevname()

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk (qrczak@knm.org.pl)
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 09:45:49 +0100 (CET)


On 20 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > In that case, we must fix /bin/ls and devices.txt to use hex.
> > The kernel is perfectly correct.
>
> ... not to mention mknod and every d*mn script ever written. No
> thanks.

Could also use a different syntax:

mknod ptya0 c 2 176
mknod ptya0 c 02:B0

Just switch to a consistent manner, either dec or hex...

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