From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261857AbTDKXeP (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:34:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261928AbTDKXdr (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:33:47 -0400 Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.102]:6571 "EHLO e2.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261857AbTDKXcC (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:32:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:45:43 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Steven Dake Cc: Lars Marowsky-Bree , "Kevin P. Fleming" , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, message-bus-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release Message-ID: <20030411234543.GG4539@kroah.com> References: <200304111746.h3BHk9hd001736@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030411182313.GG25862@wind.cocodriloo.com> <3E970A00.2050204@cox.net> <3E9725C5.3090503@mvista.com> <20030411204329.GT1821@kroah.com> <3E9741FD.4080007@mvista.com> <20030411223856.GI21726@marowsky-bree.de> <3E974500.7050700@mvista.com> <20030411225818.GE3786@kroah.com> <3E9750A6.1050803@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E9750A6.1050803@mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@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