Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263125AbUAGXg6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:36:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263166AbUAGXg6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:36:58 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:25305 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263125AbUAGXg4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:36:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:34:26 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Richard Troth Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrey Borzenkov , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: removable media revalidation - udev vs. devfs or static /dev Message-ID: <20040107233426.GC2807@kroah.com> References: <200401012333.04930.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20040103055847.GC5306@kroah.com> <20040107185656.GB31827@kroah.com> <20040107195032.GB823@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 631 Lines: 16 On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:25:44PM -0600, Richard Troth wrote: > Consider the long-range ramifications > if a device can also be a directory, just "magically". > I'm not going to automatically diss the idea (other than my > natural reaction above) but please consider beyond the immediate hack. What do you consider the "long-range" ramifications of this change? Curious, 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/