Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:54:22 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Clean up old names in tty code to current names |
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 10:07:41AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > >> I'm not going to solve this problem but it is something that needs to > >> be discussed. Are we really going to maintain parallel naming schemes, > >> one in-kernel and one out of kernel? I'm not even sure if USB will > >> work without udev anymore. > > > >It works fine, it would not suprise me if udev users were still the > >minority case in fact.
Well, as more modern distros spread, the number of users is getting bigger..
> If I use udev to rename my devices, the names aren't going to match > /proc/tty and what ps shows.
Same problem happens if you use 'mv'. Are you going to blame the kernel on that problem too?
> The idea behind udev is that the kernel only deals in device numbers > and all naming happens in user space.
Please stop saying this, it is just not true at all, and never has been.
thanks,
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