Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:54:38 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] major devfs shrink based on tmpfs and lookup traps | From | Helge Hafting <> |
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On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 01:13:49PM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 02:21:36AM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote: > > > This patch is a replacement implementation of devfs. This patch > > combined the tmpfs "lookup traps" patch that is required for certain > > devfs functionality are a net deletion of more than 1800 lines of > > code[1]. The code that actually remains in fs/devfs has a > > .text+.data size of under 3kB. > > wow, that's pretty neat.... but isn't devfs going to be killed off > sooner or later anyhow? > Devfs was dying from lack of maintenance. So sufficiently active maintenance may bring it back. The devfs idea is good . . .
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