Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:51:50 -0400
In message <5ln1xw3hnn.fsf@tequila.cs.yale.edu>, "Stefan Monnier" writes:
+-----
| >>>>> "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.
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I would say "a database of mappings from string ID to major/minor device,
provided in the most natural userspace form: a filesystem."
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carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
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