I need to use those features.
With a devfs (in 2.0.x; 2.1.x is too big[1] :-( ) I get back 12k on
Mastodon 1.44mb install floppies; I also get a cleaner way of
telling what devices are on the system than my current scheme of
starting a logger thread and weeding through the kernel messages to
see if /dev/ttyS0, /dev/lp, and so on exist. 1.44mb is not very
much room to put install and recovery systems on, and it's cheaper
to drop magic filesystems like /dev into the kernel which can be
compressed without doing screwy things to the filesystem.
Plus with devfs I might be able to fulfill my dream of having a
Linux install/recovery disk on a MS-DOS formatted floppy.
Not having to chase major and minor numbers is also a compelling
reason for a devfs.
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david parsons \bi/ [1: I use libc 4.8.0 instead of libc 5.0.9 for
\/ my install floppies because 4.8.0 makeholes
to 100kb less than libc 5.0.9. I NEEEEED /dev back.]
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