From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner+willy=40w.ods.org@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id S262546AbTJGRtl (ORCPT <rfc822;willy@w.ods.org>);
	Tue, 7 Oct 2003 13:49:41 -0400
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262551AbTJGRtl
	(ORCPT <rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing>);
	Tue, 7 Oct 2003 13:49:41 -0400
Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:59113 "EHLO perch.kroah.org")
	by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262546AbTJGRtk (ORCPT
	<rfc822;linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>);
	Tue, 7 Oct 2003 13:49:40 -0400
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:49:28 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Hugo Mills <hugo-lkml@carfax.org.uk>,
       Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: devfs vs. udev
Message-ID: <20031007174928.GB1956@kroah.com>
Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
References: <yw1xad8dfcjg.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <pan.2003.10.07.13.41.23.48967@dungeon.inka.de> <yw1xekxpdtuq.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <20031007142349.GX1223@rdlg.net> <pan.2003.10.07.16.06.52.842471@dungeon.inka.de> <20031007165404.GB29870@carfax.org.uk>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20031007165404.GB29870@carfax.org.uk>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 05:54:04PM +0100, Hugo Mills wrote:
> 
>    Surely udev needs the ability to make more than one device node or
> symlink when a device is plugged in anyway, so I just see this as an
> issue of writing the appropriate default configuration files.

More than one device node per device?  Why would you want that?

And sure, it's just software, it can be made to do that, if someone
sends me a patch... :)

thanks, 

greg k-h