Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:14:09 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: devfs patch v3 |
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H. Peter Anvin writes: > I still think devfs is a solution in search of a problem, which seems > to be the immediate reaction every four months once it it clear devfs > doesn't solve the problem that it is always proposed to solve. I see > absolutely no benefit to doing in locked-down kernel memory what can > be done just as well on eminently swappable disk.
With a hundred or so available devices, we're only talking about a page or two of RAM. And it reduces search times. Anyway, for the justification, read my latest README on it.
Regards,
Richard....
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