Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants | Date | Mon, 14 May 2001 21:09:59 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > (c) does not require devfs. most distros ship without it afaik, and > > switching to it is not an overnight process, and requires devfsd to be > > useful in the real world. > > > > It does, however, not manage permissions, nor does it provide for a sane > namespace (it exposes too many internal implementation details in the > interface -- in particular, the driver becomes part of the namespace, and > devices move around between drivers regularly.)
It is also very hard to tar that device file.
As to devfsd well Al Viro was reporting races in it long ago that I don't believe Richard has had time to fix nor has anyone else fixed.
What is the state on devfs there ?
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