Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262407AbUKQQnL (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:43:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262412AbUKQQku (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:40:50 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:62180 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262404AbUKQQjc (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:39:32 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Request for inclusion] Filesystem in Userspace From: Alan Cox To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: rcpt-linux-fsdevel.AT.vger.kernel.org@jankratochvil.net, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <84144f0204111602136a9bbded@mail.gmail.com> <20041116120226.A27354@pauline.vellum.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1100705768.419.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:36:10 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1086 Lines: 25 On Maw, 2004-11-16 at 14:01, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > "fuse/version" you have in /proc while it belongs to /proc > > "fuse/dev" you have in /proc while it belongs to /dev > > Well, 'Documentation/devices.txt' says: > > THE DEVICE REGISTRY IS OFFICIALLY FROZEN FOR LINUS TORVALDS' KERNEL > TREE. At Linus' request, no more allocations will be made official > for Linus' kernel tree; the 3 June 2001 version of this list is the > official final version of this registry. This is just to keep Linus happy, every vendor on the planet ignores it and co-operates with LANANA so that we have a single unified cross vendor namespace and numbering scheme. The numbering matters a lot less now with udev but the naming is critical to all the poor app and config tool authors. So LANANA is authoritative except for Linus computer 8) - 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/