Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:33:32 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 tytso@mit.edu wrote: > Sigh. Let me try again. The fact that people are arguing about names > means that it is clear the kernel should *not* be dictating what shows > up in /dev. That should be done by a user-mode daemon. Like it or not, > the names in /dev *are* policy, and kernel should not be dictating > policy. Therefore, the kernel should not be deciding what names appear > in /dev. Q.E.D.
Its dictating it with devpts.
-Dan
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