From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Subject: Re: Linux/Pro -- clusters Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:37:11 -0800 (PST) Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > The internal representation is kdev_t, which wants to turn into a pointer No. That kdev_t has been around for years, and is going away. In 2.6 there will _be_ no kdev_t. There is "struct block_device" for internal stuff, and "dev_t" for external stuff. The first one is a real structure, the second one is just a cookie. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/