Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 16:40:57 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Richard Gooch wrote: > 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.
Which is exactly why FreeBSD adopted devfs.
The BSD developers arent stupid. devfs solves real problems. The fact they came up with the same solution to the same problem you did speaks volumes.
Unless you nicked devfs from FreeBSD, Richard 8)
-Dan
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