Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 02:05:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 02:05:09 -0500 Received: from david.siemens.de ([192.35.17.14]:7863 "EHLO david.siemens.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 02:05:06 -0500 From: Borsenkow Andrej To: zippel@linux-m68k.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: devfs unable to handle permission: 2.4.17-pre[4,5] /ALSA-0.9.0beta[9,10] Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:04:55 +0300 Message-ID: <000701c18148$f907f040$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> There are some broken boot scripts (modelled after the long obsolete >> rc.devfs script) > > > Which is still included in the kernel tree and at least Mandrake is > currently using it. Which resulted in weird problems like floating device numbers, broken links in /dev/cdroms, mysteriously disappearing sound nodes ... I very much appreciate this decision. Copying over device nodes is evil. It should be stopped by all means (as long as devfs is going to be used). -andrej - 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/