Re: udev and devfs - The final word

From: Rob Love
Date: Wed Dec 31 2003 - 18:06:27 EST


On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 17:55, viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

> I think you've missed a point here. There are several places where kernel
> deals with device identification.

I know all of this. I was trying to explain how Unix VFS understands
devices (via major/minor number, not filename). Different audience.

Rob Love


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