Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:01:57 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: devfs vs udev, thoughts from a devfs user |
| |
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 03:34:18AM -0800, Mike Bell wrote: > I've been reading a lot lately about udev and how it's both very > different to and much better than devfs, and with _most_ of the reasons > given, I can't see how either is the case. I'd like to lay out why I > think that is.
Did you read: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs
> Basically, udev relies on sysfs exporting > device numbers. Well, imagine for a moment sysfs exported actual device > files instead of just the numbers you'd need to make a device file (a > pretty minor change, though not one I'm advocating).
But that is not what sysfs does. And sysfs will not do this. So this point is moot.
> Sorry if any of these points has already been discussed on > linux-kernel, I don't have time to read the list so I'm going based on > what's been reported in things like kernel-traffic.
They pretty much all have been in the past. Try reading the archives, that's what they are there for :)
greg k-h - 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/
| |