i don't want the kernel to create any devices.
>Devlinks solve the limitation of 8-bit minor numbers almost forever
>(there is some huge limit on the length of a filename but I doubt that
>will ever be a problem).
ok. but you mix several topics (devfs has nothing to do with 8 bit minor
numbers).
sorry, but i don't think that 8 bit minor numbers are a big problem.
the problem of /dev is different : there is no good management software,
and the kernel doesn't do much to help manageing it (/proc/devices
exists, but contains only major numbers and not much information).
please look at my other posting for my solution how to solve that.
regards, andreas