On Wednesday 24 December 2003 04:55, Shen Feng wrote: > In Linux kernel 2.6, device number will be extended from 16-bit to > 32-bit. All utilities and libraries should make corresponding > extension for this new feature in kernel 2.6.
Exactly. > I find that “grub-0.93-7” uses variables "major" and "minor" to > represent two different parts of device number, but the device number > is operated as 16-bit. I don't know what is grub-0.93-7. > But this major considers both "major" and "minor" as 8-bit. It seems > not to correspond to device number extension. You are right. > Since I didn’t find any information about this aspect in homepage of > this package, I wonder whether the latest version has completed the > device number extension? If not, will it be completed in the future? > And when? The answers are: "No", "I don't know", and "when someone contributes". As I don't have Linux 2.6.x, I don't work on it myself. I'd appreciate if you could work on it. Okuji _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
