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SubjectRe: Devfs, was Re: Migrating to larger numbers
Paul Jakma wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > but if you're using devfs why would you ever need to do the above? Devfs
>
> You dont have any choice. NFS says "it happens".
>
> > No need to mount /dev over nfs anymore.
>
> You have to handle NFSv3 serving to non Linux clients. And as I said the
> obvious approach is to lie and claim to be using 12:20
>
>
> i think we're mixing up the pov of /dev/ for the server and then for
> the client in the same argument.
>
> for a linux client with devfs, it doesn't need to nfs mount any /dev,
> it's builtin like /proc. a server can export a standard filesystem
> type /dev over nfs to clients, irregardless of what kind of /dev it's
> using.
>
> So where's the problem? Also, AFAIK, the split thing is transparent
> to devfs. (maybe richard can confirm this).
>
> devfs is a good thing. I and all the rest who have tried it and use
> it regularly think so. It's compatible, it's clean, it eliminates
> /dev admin maintenance. And it works really well.
>
> When will it be included? And if there are problems to it's
> inclusion, what are they, so that a solution can be found.
>
> regards,
> --
> Paul Jakma
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A device file system would certainly help with issues like hot swapping on USB.
And it allows you to run with a remote read only root, with local USB devices
that don't require real entries in /dev.


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