In a message to the kernel development mailing list Linus Torvalds said
"I've long eschewed the notion that major numbers are meaningful, and the only reason for a "hierarchical" numbering system is to make the numbers easier to remember and distinguish. Which is why when the minor number gets to around 20 I prefer to just increment the major number instead and reset to something smaller."
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2208.1/06638.html
It was scheduled for two weeks ago so its a ...
In a message to the kernel development mailing list Linus Torvalds said"I've long eschewed the notion that major numbers are meaningful, and the only reason for a "hierarchical" numbering system is to make the numbers easier to remember and distinguish. Which is why when the minor number gets to around 20 I prefer to just increment the major number instead and reset to something smaller."
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2208.1/06638.html
It was scheduled for two weeks ago so its a ...
"I've long eschewed the notion that major numbers are meaningful, and the only reason for a "hierarchical" numbering system is to make the numbers easier to remember and distinguish. Which is why when the minor number gets to around 20 I prefer to just increment the major number instead and reset to something smaller."
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2208.1/06638.html
It was scheduled for two weeks ago so its a ...
