Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:54:38 +0100
To: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
Cc: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] major devfs shrink based on tmpfs and lookup traps
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On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 01:13:49PM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 02:21:36AM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> 
> > This patch is a replacement implementation of devfs.  This patch
> > combined the tmpfs "lookup traps" patch that is required for certain
> > devfs functionality are a net deletion of more than 1800 lines of
> > code[1].  The code that actually remains in fs/devfs has a
> > .text+.data size of under 3kB.
> 
> wow, that's pretty neat.... but isn't devfs going to be killed off
> sooner or later anyhow?
> 
Devfs was dying from lack of maintenance.  So sufficiently active maintenance
may bring it back.  The devfs idea is good . . .

Helge Hafting
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