Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:01:41 +1000 | From | Nathan Hand <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 11:15:43PM -0500, Edward S. Marshall wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 tytso@mit.edu wrote: > > 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. > > Like it or not, the names in /proc *are* policy, and kernel should not be > dictating policy. Therefore, the kernel should not be deciding what names > appear in /proc. Q.E.D.
Oh don't worry, a lot of people agree with this and think that the move away from sysctl was a big mistake.
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