Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:36:18 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Congrats to Richard Gooch |
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almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch writes: > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > The only think I don't like is the new naming scheme for the mass storage > > devices. > > A bit redundant, isn't it ? ../discs/disc0/disc :-(
Yes, I think so. I'll be talking to Linus about this.
> Anyway, I wonder if it wouldn't ease the transition phase if devfs > could default to some kind of "translucent" mount, such that a > failed devfs lookup is continued on the original /dev (if devfs has > mounted itself on /dev). Shouldn't be overly complex (e.g. no funny > copy-on-write semantics a la IFS or TFS), and might avoid plenty of > nasty surprises for people trying devfs for the first time in the > next few weeks.
Work In Progress. I've disabled the bits I started on this because I wanted to get devfs stable before it went in. I'll let the dust settle for a while (fix bugs as they are reported) and then get back to this.
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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