On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:50:19 -0400 Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoth Joel Hammer: > > This brings up the question. How did devfs get into the kernel with only > > one maintainer? > > The same way the VM maintainer does, and the IDE maintainer, and > the USB maintainer, and... > > > And, can we avoid its replacement and just go back to the bad old days? > > Heavens, yes. I think the direction devfs went to somewhat automating the creation/deletion of device handles was a good thing. It also sort of removes the temptation of the distro builder from moving where things are. Is it /dev/raw1 or /dev/raw/raw1? Still, you have to figure out the name of the damn thing and which one to use no matter. Our Linux device drivers do not use devfs mainly because al-Q-SCO did not compile in support in the distros we used when making the drivers. We were just planning on adding that support. Glad we are behind schedule :-) -- +····························+·······························+ · Roger Oberholtzer · E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · · OPQ Systems AB · WWW: http://www.opq.se/ · · Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 · Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 · · 115 34 Stockholm · Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 · · Sweden · Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 · +····························+·······························+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
