Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Feb 2000 07:58:09 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] devfs v99.11 available |
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James A. Simmons writes: > This is what I was asking. I didn't understand why you did the > change. Now I see what rules apply to devfs. I was unaware of the > directory requirement. You know this is going to break alot of > things :(
If you mean that a devfs kernel has entries in different places, then yes, nearly everything breaks. The old scheme was a mess, and Linus wanted to take an iron broom to it.
However, if you run devfsd, then you can get back all the old names if you so desire. In fact, that's what I do on my systems. So devfs+devfsd shouldn't break anything.
Regards,
Richard.... Old: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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