[gpm] Linux device number bug report

[Nico Schottelius]

As normal I am busy, but not dead.

Please have a look into the cvs sources. If it is wrong there
(I will try to check it this evening, too), we got to fix it.

But there are other things todo [next mail].

Nico


WEI Yongjun [Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:27:21PM +0800]:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have some questions about device number extension.
> 
> 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.
> 
> I find that "gpm-1.19.3" uses structure dev_t and operates the device number
> as 16-bit.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> 1. gpm-root.c line 49:
> 
> #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
> #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
> #else
> #define major(dev) (((unsigned) (dev))>>8)
> #define minor(dev) ((dev)&0xff)
> #endif
> 
> 
> This is a backup for lost of system defined macro major and minor, but all
> of these operations
> look dev_t as 16 bits instead of 32 bits, so they will call problem when
> actually use them.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> 
> 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?
> 
> Looking forward to answering.
> 
> 
> 
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