Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265653AbUABUXr (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2004 15:23:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265663AbUABUXn (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2004 15:23:43 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:38533 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265653AbUABUXh (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2004 15:23:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:21:25 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Linux Kernel List , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: udev - please help me to understand Message-ID: <20040102202125.GC4992@kroah.com> References: <20040102123636.GA29909@mark.mielke.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040102123636.GA29909@mark.mielke.cc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 816 Lines: 24 On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 07:36:36AM -0500, Mark Mielke wrote: > > Personally, I like the idea of having a clean /dev where names only > exist for devices that I care about. On my Fedora Core 1 box, it looks > like /dev is currently: > > $ ls /dev | wc -l > 7528 > > Seven *THOUSAND* five hundred and twenty eight. Sheesh. I probably only > use a few dozen, or maybe even a few hundred, but definately not 7000+. You missed all of the subdirectories. Here's what FC-1 has on my laptop: $ tree /dev/ | tail -1 41 directories, 18721 files thanks, greg k-h - 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/