Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262033AbUACNKg (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 08:10:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262353AbUACNKg (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 08:10:36 -0500 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:53777 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262033AbUACNKf (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 08:10:35 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:10:29 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andries Brouwer , Rob Love , rob@landley.net, Pascal Schmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-ID: <20040103141029.B3393@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <18Cz7-7Ep-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <20040101001549.GA17401@win.tue.nl> <1072917113.11003.34.camel@fur> <200401010634.28559.rob@landley.net> <1072970573.3975.3.camel@fur> <20040101164831.A2431@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <1072972440.3975.29.camel@fur> <20040103040013.A3100@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@osdl.org on Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 08:46:33PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 720 Lines: 19 On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 08:46:33PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Random cookies? I prefer "arbitrary" over "random". The value plays no role > > at all, but it must be unique, preferably stable across reboots. > > The operative word in "preferably stable across reboots" is > "preferably". Because it basically cannot be in the general case, > and thus nothing must ever _assume_ it is. Sure. It is not "need". It is "quality of implementation". Consider NFS. Andries - 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/