Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:16:06 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Devfs implementation. |
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On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Horst von Brand wrote: > The problem with devfs, IMVHO, is that it solves the _easy_ half of the > problem. The _hard_ part is permission management (includes persistence, > default permissions, etc). And at least default permission management is > _policy_ and DOES NOT belong into the kernel.
Which is why theres the userspace devfsd.
I thought we had covered this already.
-Dan
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