Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:55:50 -0500 (CDT) | From | Shawn Leas <> | Subject | Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???) |
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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, David Luyer wrote:
> I think the solution should be a /proc/dev directory and people should be > able to symlink /dev to /proc/dev if they so desire, or symlink only specific > devices, or ignore it totally. If /dev is symlinked to /proc/dev, the proc > filesystem needs to be able to support a /dev/log socket being created (and > remaining until next reboot), and anything else userland does to /dev.
Well, you are interestingly intuitive about the whole idea behind devfs. It is similar to your idea, and there are a lot of ways to configure it, beyond even your hopes. I hope you do try it. (For now, with "Real Compatibility TTY devices", though...
> Now, if devfs is ugly compared to that, then yes, it doesn't really deserve > to live. However I believe there is room for a /proc/dev populated only with > real devices, with four major advantages; > * you can instantly see what is there > * faster directory searches > * makes things a lot easier for builders of distributions > * makes it a lot easier (for the user) when adding a new device/driver
Thanks for the rational discussion.
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