Re: [RFC] automount based devfs replacement

From: Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2000 - 08:49:33 EST


Horst von Brand wrote:
> R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff) said:
>
> [...]
>
> > As we've come to the conclusion that a devfsd is a necessity, the
> > "extra" deamon cannot be considered a problem. Moreover, this is just
> > a "at boot time" thing that needs to run. You get back your process
> > slot once it is done.
>
> Nope. Think hot-plugging.

Ok. Agreed. So we'll have to implement a way to kick the deamon when a
hot-plug happens. (running it from cron doesn't cut it: too slow.)

                        Roger.

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