Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:29:41 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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H. Peter Anvin writes: > Dan Hollis wrote: > > > > On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Thats absolutely identical to the devfs hooks. devfs is generating an fs > > > from them, doing a usermode smart /dev is exporting the same data devfs > > > builds on into user space and doing the hard thinking in user space. > > > > So basically devfs might not solve every possible problem at the moment, > > but it is certainly the correct infrastructure for solving problems. > > That's your assertion. I claim it is starting with a solution going > looking for the problem, and finding the solution is not what the > problem required -> kluge.
Credit me with having thought about the issues before I started coding. I even discussed things on the list before I started coding. Devfs is most definately a response to a set of real problems.
Regards,
Richard....
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