From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 23:45:43 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:32:54PM -0700, Steven Dake wrote: > >Then have the telcos live with the static /dev that they have today :) > > > Unfortunately they are willing to live with devfs, but not a static > /dev.... There are problems with devfs which I'm sure your well aware > of which a dynamic /dev would solve... But performance is an important > goal. Adam's rewrite of devfs has removed many of the older problems, it looks quite good now, and I'm not advocating for it's removal anymore. Different requirements result in different solutions, so if the telcos find their requirements met in devfs, by all means, they should use it. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ 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