From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261357AbVFYWP2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:15:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261375AbVFYWP2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:15:28 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([216.27.176.166]:4029 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261357AbVFYWPV (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:15:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:15:16 -0700 From: Matt Mackall To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] ndevfs - a "nano" devfs Message-ID: <20050625221516.GD14426@waste.org> References: <20050624081808.GA26174@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050624081808.GA26174@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 01:18:08AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > Now I just know I'm going to regret this somehow... > > Anyway, here's yet-another-ramfs-based filesystem, ndevfs. It's a very > tiny: > $ size fs/ndevfs/inode.o > text data bss dec hex filename > 1571 200 8 1779 6f3 fs/ndevfs/inode.o > replacement for devfs for those embedded users who just can't live > without the damm thing. It doesn't allow subdirectories, and only uses > LSB compliant names. But it works, and should be enough for people to > use, if they just can't wean themselves off of the idea of an in-kernel > fs to provide device nodes. > > Now, with this, is there still anyone out there who just can't live > without devfs in their kernel? > > Damm, the depths I've sunk to these days, I'm such a people pleaser... Hmm. I'm not pleased. Perhaps you're pleasing the wrong people? What we really need is a short HOWTO that covers: - Do you really need a dynamic /dev? - How to embed a static /dev in your embedded kernel with initramfs - How to add a dynamic /dev to your kernel with udev -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.