Re: State of devfs in 2.6?

Greg KH
2003-12-08T23:40:11Z

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:36:26PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote:
> Whats the general feeling about devfs now? I remember Christoph and others
> making some nasty remarks about it 6months ago or so, but later noted
> christoph doing some slashing and burning thereof.
>
> Is it 'nice' yet?

The kernel code is nicer, but is is marked OBSOLETE. It also has
insolvalble race conditions that have been detailed many times here on
lkml in the past. Please search the archives for more info.

thanks,

greg k-h