Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:29:33 +0100 | | From | Helge Hafting <> | | Subject | Re: devfs |
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Alexander Viro wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2002, 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. > > Guys, may I remind you that Oct 31 had been more than a week ago? > Devfs *is* a race-ridden pile of crap, but we are in a goddamn feature > freeze, so let's get real. > A kernel feature freeze don't apply to a pure userspace implemetation, so let him try. :-) It won't affect the current devfs code, it'll simply be configured out. /dev on tmpfs, populated by hotplug. Could be interesting to see.
[...] > Now, does somebody have technical comments on the proposed changes?
Only the obvious - a cleanup is generally good and so is getting rid of unused parameters.
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