Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:13:39 -0800 | From | Mike Bell <> | Subject | Re: devfs vs udev, thoughts from a devfs user |
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:01:57AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Did you read: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs
Yes, I've read everything since the original OLS one, and liked udev less and less with each one.
> But that is not what sysfs does. And sysfs will not do this. So this > point is moot.
No, you misunderstand. I'm not suggesting that sysfs /should/ export device files. I'm saying that sysfs exporting type/major/minor as files is not really that different from exporting full-fledged device files. Making udev a sort of ugly-hack devfsd. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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