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Re: makedev in glibc-2.3.2 and glibc-2.3.2-200309260658 from RHEL
- From: Ed L Cashin <ecashin at coraid dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:16:51 -0400
- Subject: Re: makedev in glibc-2.3.2 and glibc-2.3.2-200309260658 from RHEL
- References: <87sm9t68tm.fsf@coraid.com>
Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> writes:
> I've noticed that many Linux distros these days can create device
> files for devices with minor numbers greater than 255. That's even
> though the mknod in glibc-2.3.2 doesn't support minor numbers greater
> than 8 bits in size.
>
> I noticed that the source RPM for the glibc in RHEL 3.0 has
> glibc-2.3.2-200309260658, which includes support for the bigger minor
> device numbers. Are those changes eventually going into the glibc
> distributed on the GNU mirrors?
The change is already in the CVS version of glibc, but glibc tarballs
are released infrequently.
Further, the cvs version of glibc is likely to remain difficult for
end-users to compile. End users are expected to rely on the Linux
distributions to provide patched versions of glibc.
--
Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>