Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:04:18 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Randy Maas <randym AT acm DOT org>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: invent inode docs
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Randy Maas wrote:

> >st_dev up to 31, and we use -1 for character devices, so you can use 
> >anything that's beyond 31.
> 
> Can -1 be recommended for all character devices? (like /dev/ttyS* and such)

Yes.  All character devices get st_dev of -1.  If you invent
additional character devices, they can go there as well.