Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:06:11 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Location of shmfs; devfs automagics |
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Blu3Viper wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > No, it's not. It's not like "all other drivers" -- NO other filesystems > > driver mount automagically. > > your root partition is mounted. if you specify a root system on a device > other than your typical /dev/hda, the driver for that critter kicks in and > sets things up.
Not if you're using initrd, but that's another issue. OF COURSE you need what you need to bootstrap. devfs isn't amount them.
> /dev is such a crucial part of the system it makes very good sense to start > support for it automatically. just like it makes real good sense to have > the console support in the kernel because pretty much everyone uses it. > > > It's a matter to sticking to existing successful practice unless you > > have a *very* good reason to diverge. I see no such reason in this > > case. > > imo, ease and simplicity are very good reasons. reducing the number of > steps necessary for the majority of systems v.s. adding one lilo option to > disable the auto start of it is a win.
This is an idiotic argument. Why don't we provide a full / filesystem in the kernel because some idiot is too dumb to install a root filesystem but not dumb enough to compile a kernel.
Get real.
-hpa
P.S. I'm not going to answer any more mails from you.
-- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
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