Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Devfs, was Re: Migrating to larger numbers | Date | Wed, 9 Jun 1999 00:42:36 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > What /dev admin maintenance? Perhaps my machines don't have enough disks, > > but I have never needed to perform significant work in /dev. > > If you install a distribution that supports 100 SCSI discs, you need > 1600 entries in /dev just for that. If you decide you'll never have > more than 4 SCSI discs, you're free to delete the entries you don't
Nod.
Once you are managing large storage arrays you need a saner naming system. Not devfs though, although you can build it over devfs just fine - you end up needing mount by uuid/volume name. Anything else is just plain horrible to manage updates.
devfs is an extremely clean solution to a problem. Im just not 100% sure its the right solution or the right problem. Its certainly in the right ballpark
Alan
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