Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device a

Stephen Frost (sfrost@ns.snowman.net)
Sat, 9 Oct 1999 21:00:13 -0400 (EDT)


On 9 Oct 1999, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> >>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Frost <sfrost@mail.snowman.net> writes:
> > The idea is to convice others that your idea is a good once. Treating
> > others disrepectfully is not a good way to convice other people you're right.
>
> I can't agree with Shawn's behavio(u)r, but I must say that Horst is not being
> very respectful either when he argues against all evidence that devfs requires
> a recompilation of the kernel/driver to change a device's access rights.

I believe he was referring to a device's true default access right. As
in, you reboot and the config file was somehow smashed. In any case, the
argument is basically moot at this point.

Stephen

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