Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:17:28 +0100 | From | Witukind <> | Subject | Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? |
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:37:55 -0800 Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:09:47PM -0500, Bob wrote: > > William Lee Irwin III wrote: > > > > >On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:36:26PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Whats the general feeling about devfs now? I remember Christoph > > >and >others making some nasty remarks about it 6months ago or so, > > >but later >noted christoph doing some slashing and burning thereof. > > >>Is it 'nice' yet? > > >>Andrew Walrond > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I would say it's deprecated at the very least. sysfs and udev are > > >supposed to provide equivalent functionality, albeit by a somewhat > > >different mechanism.
From the udev FAQ:
Q: But udev will not automatically load a driver if a /dev node is opened when it is not present like devfs will do. A: If you really require this functionality, then use devfs. It is still present in the kernel.
Will it have this 'equivalent functionality' some day?
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