From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266609AbUG0VYC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:24:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266615AbUG0VYC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:24:02 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:48290 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266609AbUG0VX7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:23:59 -0400 Subject: Re: Future devfs plans From: Lee Revell To: Ed Sweetman Cc: Adrian Bunk , Jim Gifford , "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <41057B58.1040808@comcast.net> References: <200407261445.i6QEjAS04697@freya.yggdrasil.com> <057601c472a3$9df39ac0$d100a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <41044DA6.5080501@comcast.net> <20040726180901.GG11817@fs.tum.de> <41057B58.1040808@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1090963455.1094.106.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:24:15 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 17:44, Ed Sweetman wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > >On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:17:42PM -0400, Ed Sweetman wrote: > > > > apt-get install alsa-base > > > > > > > And someone who compiles the kernel for themselves and never needs the > alsa-base deb wouldn't have any ability to create the devices. MAKEDEV > is the proper place to create devices, not a separate snddevices > script. This is still a debian bug. Ditto someone hacking on ALSA, or who needs to use ALSA CVS to get some new feature, who doesn't want to have to build a .deb every time they recompile. This is a debian bug and not a valid objection to ditching devfs. Lee