Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:29:03 -0500 (CDT) | From | Daniel Taylor <> | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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. >
"Policy" belongs where the services are coming from. How you provide a service defines how the service will be used. Since the kernel provides services, the kernel defines policy. Like it or not, you cannot escape it.
Dan Taylor
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