Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750866AbVIODRw (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:17:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750891AbVIODRw (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:17:52 -0400 Received: from peabody.ximian.com ([130.57.169.10]:24704 "EHLO peabody.ximian.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750840AbVIODRv (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:17:51 -0400 Subject: Re: devfs vs udev FAQ from the other side From: Robert Love To: Mike Bell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050915020935.GF15017@mikebell.org> References: <20050915005105.GD15017@mikebell.org> <1126746518.9652.60.camel@phantasy> <20050915020935.GF15017@mikebell.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:17:50 -0400 Message-Id: <1126754270.9652.64.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 670 Lines: 18 On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:09 -0700, Mike Bell wrote: > Nope, unfortunately. If you read my initial response I was quite > thrilled. But once I realized the limitations of ndevfs I changed my > tone. The devfs hooks are still required to provide appropriate names, > and it is these I'm most interested in saving. If you can survive without modernism, why can't you survive without devfs? Why do you need it? Robert Love - 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/