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SubjectRe: devlinks: an alternative to devfs
FromAndreas Jellinghaus <>
DateWed, 7 Jan 1998 09:46:31 +0100
sorry, but i don't see any advantage.
this removes block and char devices in favor of your devlinks.
but we don't have problems with block or char devices.

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




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