Re: udev and devfs - The final word

[Alex Goddard]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Alex Goddard wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Ian Kent wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, [koi8-r] "Andrey Borzenkov[koi8-r] "  wrote:
> 
> [Snip]
> 
> > > I do care. Searching archives for devfs mostly brings "everyone knows
> > > this is crap". That is why I kindly ask you to show real evidence that
> > > the problems it has are unsolvable.
> > 
> > Again I'm also unable to find descriptions of the 'unsolvable' races.
> > 
> > I wouldn't mind knowing what they are either. Anyone?
> 
> Can no one think of good search terms for these sorts of things these
> days?  From the first and only page of results for 'devfs unsolvable
> races':
> 
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105851630726585&w=2

Someone else already mentioned the many, many posts by Al Viro on this
subject I was about to post a URL or two for.  They make for good (and
entertainingly flame-ridden) reading.

-- 
Alex Goddard
agoddard at purdue.edu
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