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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 19:49:23 +0200
From: Ingo Oeser <ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 09:41:12PM +0200, Kurt Garloff wrote:
> I don't want to bash devfs and I think it's nice that it's in the kernel, 
> so users have the choice to use it and the motivation to improve it.
> 
> But the problem that I wanted to address IMHO should also be solved
> for those people that for one or another reason decided not to use
> devfs. 

So make it optional too. I don't need this kind of code
duplication, because I use devfs and I consider it bloat.

And if you do this kind of change, why not implementing
persistent naming for ALL devices?

Other devices have the very same problem.

Regards

Ingo Oeser
-- 
Science is what we can tell a computer. Art is everything else. --- D.E.Knuth
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