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Subject: Re: DevFS vs. udev
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
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Le mer 24/12/2003 à 14:44, Ian Soboroff a écrit :
> Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> writes:
> 
> > I have to admit that devfs is the best, hands down, at a crucial lkml
> > exercise: the flamefest. It seems even after it'll die, it will continue
> > to attract devotees and flames.
> 
> Perhaps the devfs devotees will maintain their code in BK, and we can
> merge two perennial lkml flamewars into one.

BK flames seem so passé to me. Throw in a new durable API to enable
binary-only device drivers, and you just built the perfect flamethrower.