On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 10:54:13AM -0500, der Mouse wrote: > > > BTW: OSF/1 aka DEC-Unix aka Tru64-Unix did somthing like Linux + > > udevd(8) over 10 years ago. > > Another reason to think that it's likely worth trying.
So did SGI, and it was a disaster. If you're going to break the common Unix idiom (single directory full of nodes for devices) you'd better be prepared to replace it with something that's very, very easy and intuitive for experienced Unix administrators to learn.
