Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:22:32 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.47] /proc/driver/microcode -> /dev/cpu/microcode |
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, George wrote: > The alternative to devfs is what we already have, a working (maybe not > perfect, but working) /dev. And if you already have /dev (and use it), > what's the point of wasting memory on devfs which would duplicate things?
Once upon a time we had a working (not perfect but working) aout-based Linux systems. What was the point of switching to ELF? Lots of points. So it is with devfs - it solves a lot of problems, all nicely documented in Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README.
Regards, Tigran.
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