From e9cd054009e20975be71e378bb5b03a814d89bf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David van Moolenbroek Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:40:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Restore and expand NONE_MAJOR comment This fixes #50. Change-Id: I318d08e8c57c12cfd409700b14c88a90c81a1715 --- minix/include/minix/dmap.h | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/minix/include/minix/dmap.h b/minix/include/minix/dmap.h index 544f1677d..00ae632ca 100644 --- a/minix/include/minix/dmap.h +++ b/minix/include/minix/dmap.h @@ -9,7 +9,16 @@ *===========================================================================*/ /* Major device numbers. */ -#define NONE_MAJOR 0 /* 0 = not used */ + +/* Note that NO_DEV is major 0, minor 0, and means "no device". In contrast, + * NONE_MAJOR is used for file systems that do not have backing device (but are + * mounted on device 'none'). For administrative purposes, these file systems + * need to be assigned a pseudo device, and such pseudo devices are allocated + * with major number NONE_MAJOR. Because of NO_DEV, the NONE_MAJOR devices + * start from minor number 1. Otherwise, NONE_MAJOR is completely independent + * from NO_DEV, and it should be possible to set NONE_MAJOR to a nonzero value! + */ +#define NONE_MAJOR 0 /* 0 = pseudo device for 'none' FSes */ #define MEMORY_MAJOR 1 /* 1 = /dev/mem (memory devices) */ #define FLOPPY_MAJOR 2 /* 2 = /dev/fd0 (floppy disks) */ /* 3 = /dev/c0 */