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DateTue, 01 Mar 2005 12:15:41 +0100
FromCarl-Daniel Hailfinger <>
SubjectRe: updating mtime for char/block devices?
Russell King schrieb:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 01:45:47AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>
>>Can I prevent mtime updates for all device files? Mounting /dev readonly
>>would certainly help, but for that to work I'd have to move /dev to a
>>different filesystem, right?
>
>
> tty mtime updates aren't marked dirty, so aren't written back to disk.
> Intentionally.

It seems the tty mtime exception doesn't include /dev/ptmx. That's
probably unintentional. Is there a chance to extend the tty mtime
exception to all char devices or at least major 4+5?

Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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