Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:57:42 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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>> >> Note that UNIX people usually believe that is is best practice to have this >> kind of software intergrated in the kernel (or at leat in the system). This is >> what FreeBSD did try for some years, and FreeBSD has failed with this attempt. > >So why would Linux want to have it in the kernel if it hasn't worked for >FreeBSD either? Thanks for proving it doesn't belong there BTW. > There's also something in the FreeBSD kernel that does work there, but has not worked out as good for Linux ;-) [devfs]
Therefore I would not generalize it and say "if it did not work on <x>, we don't need to implement it for our <y>".
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