Hi,

   > Mmm.. btrfs appears to configure itself as a "pseudo" filesystem,
   > which is why it returns fake device numbers via stat(), similar
   > to procfs or sysfs.

Probably because a single btrfs filesystem can be composed of multiple
devices; one major/minor would not be sufficient.

- Chris.
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Chris Ball   <c...@laptop.org>
One Laptop Per Child
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