> H. Peter Anvin writes:
> BTW: one way I can see devfsd being used is that devfs is mounted onto
> /devfs or some such, and devfsd fills a disc-based /dev with symlinks
> to /devfs, or creates real device nodes. This would satisfy people who
> don't like the default policy of devfs (permissions and naming
> scheme). In this way devfs becomes an information provider, one that
> is unified for all devices.
> Not that I expect to use it this way myself, but the possibility is
> open.
Maybe a /proc/devfs??? And a devfs mount option to make devfs and devfsd
work together to do something like this?
-Shawn
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