From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Erdfelt Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:46:39 +0000 Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-Id: <20031230194639.E19236@sventech.com> List-Id: References: <20031231002942.GB2875@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20031231002942.GB2875@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 30, 2003, Greg KH wrote: > So, how does devfs stack up to the above problems and constraints: > Problems: > 2) devfs does not handle the need for dynamic major/minor numbers First, I want to say that I very much agree with everything Greg wrote and that udev is much better than devfs. I very much appreciate the work getting it to where it is now. That being said, one could argue that devfs obviates the need for major/minor numbers altogether, making dynamic major/minor numbers moot. That assumes that all drivers had devfs support and a correct implementation of devfs. I've always disliked major/minor numbers, but if that is the sole price to pay for udev, then I don't really care :) JE ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id78&alloc_id371&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel