From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
Cc: Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: devfs
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 05:04:41 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0211120445570.29617-100000@steklov.math.psu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1037094221.16831.21.camel@bip>
On 12 Nov 2002, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> I'm wondering if a totally userspace solution could replace devs ?
> Something using hotplug + sysfs and creating directories/nodes as they
> appear on the system. This way, the policy (how do I name what) could be
> moved out of the kernel.
Guys, may I remind you that Oct 31 had been more than a week ago?
Devfs *is* a race-ridden pile of crap, but we are in a goddamn feature
freeze, so let's get real.
Interfaces can and should be cleaned up. Ditto for semantics of
registering/unregistering - that allows to make glue in drivers more
straightforward. Majestic flamewars about removing the thing completely/
moving it to userland/etc. are exercises in masturbation by that point.
Again, WE ARE IN FEATURE FREEZE.
Now, does somebody have technical comments on the proposed changes?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-12 9:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-12 9:32 devfs Ian Molton
2002-11-12 9:43 ` devfs Xavier Bestel
2002-11-12 9:49 ` devfs john slee
2002-11-12 10:01 ` devfs Sean Neakums
2002-11-12 12:51 ` devfs Oliver Neukum
2002-11-13 10:48 ` hotplug (was devfs) Nick Craig-Wood
2002-11-13 17:02 ` Greg KH
2002-11-13 18:06 ` Nick Craig-Wood
2002-11-13 18:04 ` Greg KH
2002-11-14 11:46 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-11-12 10:05 ` devfs Xavier Bestel
2002-11-12 10:04 ` Alexander Viro [this message]
2002-11-12 10:25 ` devfs Ian Molton
2002-11-12 10:46 ` devfs Dave Jones
2002-11-12 11:08 ` devfs Ian Molton
2002-11-12 11:24 ` devfs Rando Christensen
2002-11-12 13:30 ` devfs Alexander Viro
2002-11-12 14:53 ` devfs Alan Cox
2002-11-12 15:37 ` devfs Ian Molton
2002-11-12 11:29 ` devfs Helge Hafting
2002-11-12 15:40 ` devfs Greg KH
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-18 9:10 cerberus errors on 2.4.19 (ide dma related) Alexander Viro
2002-08-18 9:16 ` Ed Sweetman
2002-08-18 18:10 ` Ed Sweetman
2002-08-18 18:20 ` Sean Neakums
2002-08-18 18:29 ` Ed Sweetman
2002-08-18 18:36 ` Sean Neakums
2002-08-18 21:53 ` Barry K. Nathan
2002-08-18 22:26 ` devfs Ed Sweetman
2002-08-18 22:47 ` devfs Sean Neakums
2002-08-18 23:03 ` devfs Alexander Viro
2002-08-18 23:15 ` devfs Ed Sweetman
2002-08-21 4:49 ` devfs Richard Gooch
2002-08-21 5:03 ` devfs Ed Sweetman
2002-08-19 1:06 ` devfs Olivier Galibert
2002-08-19 2:01 ` devfs Greg KH
2002-08-18 23:18 ` devfs Barry K. Nathan
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