Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:42:26 -0700

Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> On 18 Jun 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Actually, there is. The /dev directory is a mapping table between the
> > kernel interface (as well as providing a store for permissions), and
> > devfs removes this.
>
> This is not as useful or important as you try to make it out to be.

Useful to whom? (Not you, I gather.)

-hpa

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