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Subject: Re: devfs
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: john slee <indigoid@higherplane.net>
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Le mar 12/11/2002 ? 10:49, john slee a ?crit :
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:43:41AM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > I'm wondering if a totally userspace solution could replace devs ?
> > Something using hotplug + sysfs and creating directories/nodes as they
> > appear on the system. This way, the policy (how do I name what) could be
> > moved out of the kernel.
> 
> curious!  you mean similar to (and a logical extension of) the 'disks'
> command in solaris?  at least i think thats what its called...

I don't know solaris (from an admin POV), but I meant something like,
well, devfs. On top of which we could add feature like device naming
stability across system upgrades (I know solaris does that).

Xav

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