From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264264AbUACVSn (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:18:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264265AbUACVSn (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:18:43 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:17874 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264264AbUACVSj (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:18:39 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 21:18:37 +0000 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Helge Hafting Cc: Greg KH , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-ID: <20040103211837.GW4176@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20031231002942.GB2875@kroah.com> <20040101011855.GA13628@hh.idb.hist.no> <20040103055938.GD5306@kroah.com> <20040103152241.GA5531@hh.idb.hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040103152241.GA5531@hh.idb.hist.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 04:22:41PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 09:59:38PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 02:18:55AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 04:29:42PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > > > 2) We are (well, were) running out of major and minor numbers for > > > > devices. > > > > > > devfs tried to fix this one by _getting rid_ of those numbers. > > > Seriously - what are they needed for? > > > > But devfs failed in this. The devfs kernel interface still requires a > > major/minor number to create device nodes. > > > Yes. The numbers went unused in the common case of opening a device by name though. No, they were not. RTFS, please.