Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: devfs | | From | Xavier Bestel <> | | Date | 12 Nov 2002 11:05:36 +0100 |
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Le mar 12/11/2002 à 10:49, john slee a écrit : > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:43:41AM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > I'm wondering if a totally userspace solution could replace devs ? > > Something using hotplug + sysfs and creating directories/nodes as they > > appear on the system. This way, the policy (how do I name what) could be > > moved out of the kernel. > > curious! you mean similar to (and a logical extension of) the 'disks' > command in solaris? at least i think thats what its called...
I don't know solaris (from an admin POV), but I meant something like, well, devfs. On top of which we could add feature like device naming stability across system upgrades (I know solaris does that).
Xav
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