In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.4.04.10004141400010.23096-100000@beaker>,
Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetopia.net> wrote:
>Umm, would someone please enumerate _exactly_ what devfs brings to the table,
>what we're trying to "fix" and why?
I'm not currently using devfs because the Linus-approved namespace is
bad and I've not had the time to either (a) write the horrible kernel
patch to make it look like a regular /dev or (b) spend the 20 minutes
needed to figure out how to mount it somewhere else, but the reason
*I* like devfs is that it gives me, in a clean and consistant manner,
a list of the devices installed on the system that can be used as /dev
without any number of horrid userland glue modules.
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david parsons \bi/ I'm sure devfsd is a wonderful thing, but I hates
\/ it on principle.
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