[TEST(/review)] major/minor/devname fix

[Andrey Chernov]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:40:18PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> +dev_t
> +dev2udev(struct cdev *x)
> +{
> +	if (x == NULL)
> +		return (NODEV);
> +	return (x->si_inode ^ devfs_random());
> +}

...

> +	dp = devfs_itod(ud ^ devfs_random());


Why you try to use randomization here instead of sequental ordering (or 
reversing/shifting it)? In such small number of bits there is a big 
probability of collisions may occurse.

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