Re: An idea on devfs vs. udev

[Neil Brown]

On Sunday October 30, greg@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 08:07:11PM +0200, Daniele Orlandi wrote:
> > 
> > So, why cannot we substitute the "dev" file within /sys with the actual device 
> > file?
> 
> Please read the archives, this comes up every few months or so.

..thus making it a Frequently Asked Question.  However it isn't
answered in the FAQ.

Any chance of writing a little FAQ entry for us and getting it into 

> Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Maybe it could replace entry 9.5:
  What's devfs and why is it a Good Idea (tm)?
:-)

NeilBrown

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