svn commit: r225154 - in projects/ino64/sys/ufs: ffs ufs

[Ed Schouten]

I think if we're ever going to consider extending dev_t, we should just
nuke the entire major/minor number thing. If we're only going to fill
them with 64 bits of random garbage, we'd better just display them
hexadecimal or something.

This patch removes all the use of major()/minor()/makedev() as far as
possible from all non-contributed software:

	http://80386.nl/pub/major-minor.txt

Keep in mind that this doesn't conflict with POSIX, because POSIX only
describes dev_t, not the division in major/minor numbers. For example,
the output of ls -l on device nodes is implementation defined.

I suspect this message will cause bikesheds. ;-)

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/
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