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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 20:27:17 +0100
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: devfs unable to handle permission: 2.4.17-pre[4,5] /
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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
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