Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
19 Jun 1999 01:04:28 -0400

>>>>> "Theodore" == Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
> self-descriptive device ID is a good thing, but instead of using that ID
> *instead* of the major/minor devices, why not have the kernel export a
> mapping table between the string ID and the major/minor devices to the

I thought that's what devfs *is*: a mapping table from stringID to
major/minor device. Plus a little extra on the side.

Stefan

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