On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 10:54:13AM -0500, der Mouse wrote: > > Linux had a devfs and [dropped] it. Now it has udevd(8). Most > > likely the penguins had a reason for this. > > Surely there are mailing list messages or something that outline that > reason? (Not that I have any idea where they'd be, but don't we have > at least a few people with feet in both camps?)
It is more like: Linux had a devfs and [dropped] it. Now it has udevd(8). Most likely the penguins had a reason for this. Linux had udevd(8) and reintroduced devfs. Now it has udevd(8) and some kind of devfs. Most likely the penguins had a reason for this. - Jukka. http://lwn.net/Articles/331818/