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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Remove broken by design and by implementation devtmpfs maintenance disaster
> >  * A static dev is faster.
>
> A static /dev is unreliable and unpredictable, and can not be used in
> any not very limited and controlled environment. It's pure theory for

Moblin appears to be the fastest boot and doesn't use it. I fact Arjan
seems pretty anti

> Eric, ever wondered why all the people working in hotplug area,
> maintaining todays systems, and even the ones who wrote udev, want
> this? And only people who have never written any code in hotplug land

"All". Thats a bit of a fiction.


But this is the wrong argument anyway

The question is
- Is it technically correct
- Does it properly interact with the rest of the kernel and upcoming stuff

So I'd like to see the fs folks sign off on it - which they've noticably
not done yet.

Whether you want devfs2 (ie devtmpfs) or static dev or udev is a
configuration and user dependant question no different to what fs do you
prefer. Whether it actually works and doesn't screw stuff up is a rather
more important technical question that needs proper review from the fs
list, which is notably lacking right now, except in the negative.
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