Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 14 May 2001 13:27:28 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Note also that persistence of permissions and hardcoded in-kernel naming > is a problem throughout proc... It's not unique to in-driver > filesystems. >
It's not so much about hardcoding the names as hardcoding the *STRUCTURE* of the names. For example, the current devfs has /dev/misc/* which is completely bogus -- it exposes an implementation detail (using the miscdev API as opposed to the charmajor API) which should be hidden; in fact a number of drivers have started their lives as miscdev devices and changed over time.
-hpa
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