Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262705AbUACF7p (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 00:59:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265935AbUACF7p (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 00:59:45 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:6594 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262705AbUACF7n (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 00:59:43 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:59:38 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Helge Hafting Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-ID: <20040103055938.GD5306@kroah.com> References: <20031231002942.GB2875@kroah.com> <20040101011855.GA13628@hh.idb.hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040101011855.GA13628@hh.idb.hist.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 22 On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 02:18:55AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 04:29:42PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > 2) We are (well, were) running out of major and minor numbers for > > devices. > > devfs tried to fix this one by _getting rid_ of those numbers. > Seriously - what are they needed for? But devfs failed in this. The devfs kernel interface still requires a major/minor number to create device nodes. Hopefully I can work on fixing this up in 2.7. 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/