Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261322AbTEAO4q (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 10:56:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261336AbTEAO4q (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 10:56:46 -0400 Received: from smtp012.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.173.32]:17159 "HELO smtp012.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261322AbTEAO4p convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 10:56:45 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: Scott Robert Ladd Subject: Re: /dev Questions Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 17:08:21 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <3EB1358C.1020808@coyotegulch.com> In-Reply-To: <3EB1358C.1020808@coyotegulch.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305011708.52841.fsdeveloper@yahoo.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 837 Lines: 29 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 01 May 2003 16:56, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: > Why does /dev include devices that do not exist? > > Wouldn't it be friendlier to only list existing devices? > > Or am I missing something obvious? yea, you're missing devfs. :) - -- Regards Michael B?sch http://www.8ung.at/tuxsoft 17:07:51 up 1:47, 2 users, load average: 1.01, 1.09, 0.99 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+sTiEoxoigfggmSgRAlBIAJ4sdenCvafLdbY6WxEknH0ADxbfIgCcC8gx c9mxkwFVdS93DLnT6tAJA9Q= =b4Cq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/