From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261929AbTLHXkL (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:40:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262009AbTLHXkL (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:40:11 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:11678 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261929AbTLHXkF (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:40:05 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:35:19 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Andrew Walrond Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: State of devfs in 2.6? Message-ID: <20031208233519.GB31370@kroah.com> References: <200312081536.26022.andrew@walrond.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312081536.26022.andrew@walrond.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:36:26PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > Whats the general feeling about devfs now? I remember Christoph and others > making some nasty remarks about it 6months ago or so, but later noted > christoph doing some slashing and burning thereof. > > Is it 'nice' yet? The kernel code is nicer, but is is marked OBSOLETE. It also has insolvalble race conditions that have been detailed many times here on lkml in the past. Please search the archives for more info. thanks, greg k-h