From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266156AbTLIIwO (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 03:52:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266157AbTLIIwO (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 03:52:14 -0500 Received: from TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.52]:41924 "EHLO TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266156AbTLIIwK (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 03:52:10 -0500 To: Holger Schurig Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: State of devfs in 2.6? References: <200312081536.26022.andrew@walrond.org> <20031208154256.GV19856@holomorphy.com> <20031208233428.GA31370@kroah.com> <1070953338.7668.6.camel@simulacron> <20031209071303.GB24876@Master.launchmodem.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop From: Miles Bader Date: 09 Dec 2003 17:52:01 +0900 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Holger Schurig writes: > Devfs for embedded devices is just great. > > * space. devfs doesn't eat space like the MAKEDEV approach. Um, devfs does actually use a non-zero amount of code... For a typical embedded device with about 5 entries in /dev I wouldn't be surprised if devfs used a lot _more_ space... -miles -- `...the Soviet Union was sliding in to an economic collapse so comprehensive that in the end its factories produced not goods but bads: finished products less valuable than the raw materials they were made from.' [The Economist]