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Subject: Re: devfs and udev
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:28:09PM +0300, insecure wrote:
 
> I am pro-devfs guy too.
> If its internals are bad in some way or other, internals
> may be fixed. But devfs userspace-visible interface was
> not flawed (IMO).
> 
> What am I supposed to do, starting to use mknod again? Uggggh...

	Feel free to try and redesign the internals until they become
acceptable.  Since *nobody* had achieved that and those who'd tried
had generally come to conclusion that things is FUBAR...  Good luck,
but I'm not holding my breath.