From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266094AbTLISd1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:33:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266096AbTLISd0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:33:26 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:17844 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266094AbTLISdZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:33:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:30:01 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Maciej Zenczykowski Cc: Xavier Bestel , Witukind , recbo@nishanet.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? Message-ID: <20031209183001.GA9496@kroah.com> References: <1070963757.869.86.camel@nomade> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:03:42PM +0100, Maciej Zenczykowski wrote: > > > > Am I wrong ? > > > > No, you are correct. That's why I'm not really worried about this, and > > > I don't think anyone else should be either. > > You are of course totally wrong Oh, ok. I'll just go back to writing code instead of arguing... > - just because a device is present in the system doesn't mean that > it's kernel modules are loaded No, but one could argue that it should :) > - for example my floppy is always present in the system, but I access > it like once a month or so Then, when you want to access it, a simple 'modprobe floppy' would work for you, right? Anyway, I'm not going to drag this thread out anymore. If you want to use devfs, do it. Just realize that it is an obsolete kernel feature and is marked for probable removal in 2.7. It also has known bad problems that could cause your machine to lock up. Use it at your own risk, you have been warned... greg k-h