Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 14:27:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 14:27:29 -0500 Received: from smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl ([194.109.127.137]:37127 "EHLO smtpzilla1.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 14:27:21 -0500 Message-ID: <3C111815.60312F84@linux-m68k.org> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 20:27:17 +0100 From: Roman Zippel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.16 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Hood CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: devfs unable to handle permission: 2.4.17-pre[4,5] / In-Reply-To: <1007740060.2031.2.camel@thanatos> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Thomas Hood wrote: > As Richard has pointed out, devfs is still marked > "experimental", so it's not unreasonable to make changes > if they are improvements. Sure, he can, but that's no excuse if other drivers depend on a certain behaviuor. bye, Roman - 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/