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SubjectRe: module-init-tools/udev and module auto-loading
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In message <20040204020425.GA21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> you write:
> <shrug> If you want to mount autofs on /dev, more power to you. However,
> it got to be explicit "I mount <this> at /dev" - _anything_ based on
> "if pathname starts with /dev, it's special" is FUBAR.

Having a process say "tell me when something non-existent under this
dir gets accessed" seems to be what is desired. And (from my
v. limited understanding) autofs comes close already, yes?

That at least gives Martin somewhere to start...
Rusty.
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