Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: TTY changes to 2.1.65 | Date | 28 Nov 1997 05:37:16 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.91.971127141337.259F-100000@mirkwood.dummy.home> By author: Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > We could implement /dev in the same way we implement /proc... > Device drivers can register/unregister their device files in > /dev and they get assigned a 'device number' for each device > they allocate (no need for major/minor numbers) >
This is something of an FAQ on this list; every now and then someone proposes it; the general consensus is that it's a bad idea.
-hpa
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