Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 May 2009 11:28:54 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver-core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev tmpfs |
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Hi!
> > so just to state the obvious: this code is not needed to boot fast. > > It is mostly a workaround for having a bad initrd; if you don't use an > > initrd, or if you use an initrd that's made with the right device nodes > > in it already, you really just don't need this. > > > > I would much rather that you just fix your initrd... than to put this > > sort of thing into the kernel.... > > How will you solve the dynamic device numbers? They are a complete > reality today.
Maybe dynamic device numbers are bad idea to start with?
I'd like to keep static /dev, thank you... With big enough major/minor space (which we have today, I believe), complexity of dynamic device numbers can and should be avoided.
Plus... this patch 'hardcoded' device names. Why not 'hardcode' device numbers in the same way, so that static /dev keeps working? Namespace should be big enough...
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