Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:51:47 -0400 | From | Jim Crilly <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.12-git |
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On 07/18/05 10:12:29PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > Something's wondering me, though: > FreeBSD "just" (5.0) introduced devfs, so either they are behind The Facts > (see udev FAQ), or devfs (anylinux/anybsd) is not so bad after all.
There's not much to wonder about here, the basic idea of devfs is a good one which is why udev was written. The problems expressed on lkml about devfs were with that specifically implementation, if a better implementation had been merged originally udev might have never been created. I really doubt FreeBSD took the Linux devfs code and integrated it with their kernel, so the fact that FreeBSD is using a devfs now simply means they like the idea of a dynamic /dev as well.
> > > > Jan Engelhardt
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