Subject: Re: bug#33303: hex id for file system is incorrect or non-standard using uil 'id'

From: Bernhard Voelker <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 15:19:34 +0100

On 11/8/18 11:53 AM, L A Walsh wrote:
>     Both should be %i for the file system ID in hex.
> How is it that the fs ID is the same as the device
> number of the file system?
> 
> i.e.
> 8:34 =  8:21 in hex
> 8:33 =  8:22 in hex

dunno - I assume this is the secret of the implementation of the file system.
Did you verify with strace?  I'm quite sure 'stat' only forwards the
values from the system call.

Have a nice day,
Berny