Re: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev

linux kernel account (linker@nightshade.z.ml.org)
Sat, 3 Jan 1998 16:08:02 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:

[snip]
> For devfs to be usable, it has to be able to run on its own - possibly
> with very strict limits. For example, all the files might be owned by
> root:root, with permissions -rw------- at bootup. Such a system still
> _works_ - it just requires root to log in and fix things up (obviously
> done with a script in rc.d, but the point is that the system _can_ come up
> in single-user mode even without anything like kerneld).
>
> Linus

Wow, good idea.

Btw- Has the list been down, I didn't get anything from it for two days..
I had sent a message "2.0.33 IP MASQ subtly BROKEN", did anyone get it?