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    SubjectRe: USB device allocation
    David Weinehall wrote:
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    > > That is one way of doing it; IMO a very good way because it lets you
    > > have policy in user space.
    >
    > Oh? And what kind of image of how devfs does things do you have then?
    >
    > This is how devfs works. The kernel part of devfs informs devfsd of the
    > changes (what devices need to be created/removed), and devfsd nicely
    > carries out its chores. User-space policy and persistent access-rights are
    > there for you.
    >

    ... in which case you don't need devfs at all.

    -hpa

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