Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 9 Aug 1998 12:49:45 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???) |
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H. Peter Anvin writes: > > > So it doesnt matter if you are using devfs or not - the daemon will > > > be making the device files in either and firing things up as > > > needed. It has more to fire up than just devices though - insert a > > > mouse - perhaps that loads gpm ? > >=20 > > OK, this sounds like it will be handled nicely by the devfsd I > > mentioned earlier. When a driver registers a new device entry, the > > daemon is notified. It can then do whatever it requires. > >=20 > > But why having devfs at all? It seems devfs is the continual solution > in search of a problem...
Obviously, I do think there are problems that devfs solves.
BTW: why was autofs implemented given that amd existed? Apart from a bug with the handling of wildcards, amd seemed to work for me. What was is that you couldn't do in userspace that required autofs?
Regards,
Richard....
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