Bigger process IDs and "dev_t"s (was: Re: RISC v. CISC...)

[Henry Spencer]

In article <10589 at tekecs.TEK.COM> andrew at frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) writes:
>Think about diskless nodes with devices.  The /dev file must live on
>the server, so it's a BIG convenience if the major number is uniform
>across all Suns.  You could work around it, sure, but why introduce
>such confusion?

Because you want to minimize the number of major device numbers?  That
was one of my points, if you recall:  unique major numbers are an
administrative convenience, but if you are short of major numbers, all
of a sudden it's not so convenient any more.
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