Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!auspex!guy
From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Bigger process IDs and "dev_t"s (was: Re: RISC v. CISC...)
Message-ID: <443@auspex.UUCP>
Date: 12 Nov 88 05:54:19 GMT
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Reply-To: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>So, what is the problem with just making dev_t bigger? Is there some magic
>code out there that would be hurt by making it 32 bits wide?

It's mostly a binary-compatibility issue, not a source-compatibility issue.