Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 05 Oct 1999 16:03:34 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: USB device allocation |
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David Weinehall wrote: > > > 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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