Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:08:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:07:21 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([195.224.96.167]:23559 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:06:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:17:24 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Adam J. Richter" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: small devfs patch for 2.5.65, plan to replace /sbin/hotplug Message-ID: <20030321211724.A10572@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200303212110.NAA07849@adam.yggdrasil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200303212110.NAA07849@adam.yggdrasil.com>; from adam@yggdrasil.com on Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 01:10:10PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 928 Lines: 18 On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 01:10:10PM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote: > I'm thinking about removing all of the capability raising code > from devfs and just having the pty code raise the capabilities > explicitly if allocating and releasing a pseudo-terminal are really > the only places that ever need it. My plan is to rip out UNIX98 pty handling copletly out of devfs instead. We already have a lean, small filesystem exactly for that purpose and it adds lots of unessecary cruft to devfs (DEVFS_FL_CURRENT_OWNER and DEVFS_FL_WAIT to be exact). Afterwards devfs would only create /dev/pts/ (and /dev/pty/ as devfs renamed it IIRC) and devfs users would have to mount devpts aswell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/