On Jan 27, Dr. Bill Studenmund wrote
> Actually it implies that wd uses major number 0. :-)

Actually, readdisklabel() doesn't use the major number (as the strategy
routine to use is passed as parameter). the 'dev' parameter is only here
so we can use it to extract unit/partitions info from it later.

> [...]
> 
> I'm not sure where the magic happens that translates block dev 0 to 16.
> 

see above :)

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