From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Walrond Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 23:54:00 +0000 Subject: Re: small devfs patch for 2.5.65, plan to replace /sbin/hotplug Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Sounds wonderful. Any downsides? Andrew Walrond Kevin P. Fleming wrote: > Greg KH wrote: >=20 >>> Are you still considering smalldevfs for 2.6 inclusion? If not, then=20 >>> I'd like to discuss with you (and Greg KH) the possibility of just=20 >>> eliminating devfs entirely, and moving to a userspace version that is=20 >>> driven entirely by /sbin/hotplug. >> >> >> >> You mean with something like this: >> http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2003/view_abstract.php?talk=94 >> :) >> >=20 > Yep, that's the one. Sounds very simple and straightforward to me. The=20 > most complex part will be defining some file structure to define the=20 > user's desired naming policy to the agent that handles the hotplug events. >=20 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >=20 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open!=20 Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and=20 the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel