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SubjectRe: USB device allocation

Nathan Hand wrote:

>
> Agreed. Getting rid of devfs (the dynamic filesystem) makes devfs (the
> concept of dynamic /dev) more acceptable to more punters, and honestly
> doesn't lose all that much functionality. Modules contact devfsd when
> they need a node. The daemon creates/deletes nodes as needed on a real
> filesystem using the policy laid out via /etc/devfsd.conf.
>
> - The /dev directory is updated in user space, not kernel space.

I think we're missing something here.. I do run devfs, and I do not run a
daemon.. Things get created Just Fine. The user-space daemon is
_optional_, not required. devfs _does_ create and delete the nodes
itself, but if you want anything fancy, you need to tell it what to do
(thus the user-space daemon).

>
> - You can just turn off the daemon, old behaviour is restored.

No, it is not.. You can unmount devfs, and it will be restored, however.

>[snip]


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