Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:34:47 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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Christoph Lameter wrote: > > devfs is just another way of mapping filenames to device drivers. Could > not the driver you list somehow tap into the devfs mechanism? The old way > with numbers will be limited in the long run. >
That's just silly. The devfs idea is that policy goes into the kernel -- that's backwards. Policy is one of the thing that you want to keep miles away.
-hpa
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