Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Aug 1998 11:33:36 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???) |
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What would it be like if you had two pcmcia scsi controlers?
I've never used PCMCIA for anything except NICs which dont have device names.
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Depending on how USB is implemented under Linux, it may require a dynamic > > namespace that dev_fs can provide. Note that I did _not_ say that _only_ > > dev_fs can provide this, but that it _can_. Currently, however, it is the > > _only_ solution that does provide this. > > Fact: > > Its not. PCMCIA does this all without dev_fs and has for ages. You don't > need dev_fs to do dynamic name spaces. Also dev_fs places the name space > management in the kernel which violates the great "policy in user space" > rule of Unix. > > > Similarly, dev_fs may provide the groundwork for the next "great thing", > > perhaps the idea that Ted came up with re: volume names (which being a > > former NetWare admin *does* appeal to me greatly). But the simple fact is > > that dev_fs is here today, Ted's idea is not. > > Fact: > > It is UUIDs have been in ext2fs for a while > > > Otherwise carry on... > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html >
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