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SubjectRe: USB device allocation
Nathan Hand wrote:
> This is why I suggested losing the devfs FILESYSTEM but retaining what
> is devfs's INTENTION. Use the existing devfsd to maintain nodes on the
> disk. Most of the benefits are kept. Some problems are addressed.

It would be nice to have (a) a standard list of kernel devices, with
their major and minor numbers, and (b) some sort of generic userspace
daemon which take handle hotplug of any sort: PCMCIA, USB, ...

Jeff



P.S. I still think devfs is important for embedded solutions.

--
Custom driver development | Never worry about theory as long
Open source programming | as the machinery does what it's
| supposed to do. -- R. A. Heinlein

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