Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 8 Oct 1999 00:19:28 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Alexander Viro <> | | Subject | Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device a lloc ation) ) |
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On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Nathan Hand wrote:
> - UNIX-like /dev without UNIX-like rw fs (good for embedding on romfs) Point taken, but without rw filesystem you are going to have a nasty time with _many_ other things, including the persistency in devfs itself.
> > Also: It is extra code, has to be maintained and updated, and has to be > > accounted for in new driver developments. It _will_ add new bugs, even new > > classes of bugs. This doesn't come for free. > > Well, perhaps all kernel developers should stop coding right now: you have > equally well argued against all new features and drivers.
So all coding goes into new features and to hell with cleaning the mess up, right? Damn, I understand Theo. Features are nice _iff_ you have a half-decent implementation. Featuritis for its own sake leads to mosters a-la NT and EMACS. Sheesh...
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