From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265237AbTLaT2X (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:28:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265248AbTLaT2X (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:28:23 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:42131 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265237AbTLaT1p (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:27:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:17:04 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word Message-ID: <20031231191703.GF25389@kroah.com> References: <20031231002942.GB2875@kroah.com> <3FF21E23.3070709@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FF21E23.3070709@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 01:53:55AM +0100, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > [big snip] > > All the people wanting to bring up the udev vs. devfs argument go back > > and read the previous paragraph. Yes, all Gentoo users who keep filling > > up my inbox with smoking emails, I mean you. > [yet another big snip] > > Hihi, life is unfair to you. ;-) I am one of those nasty gentoo users > and still use devfs, but I want to switch asap, as I found a thread in > gentoo forums about it and furthermore tend to do experiments with my > installation. So not all gentoo users are bad users. ;-) I really > appreciate your work and hope you will find more time in developing udev > instead of wasting time (though it was quite interesting for me to read > your text) with arguing for it. So I hope when I do the transition it > goes smoothly, but even if not, I won't bash onto your head. ;-) Thanks, I have gotten a lot of response to this message from Gentoo users appologizing for the "bad seeds". By no means did I mean to disparage all Gentoo users, just the ones that keep bothering me with this pointless argument. In fact, now that I know Gentoo works without devfs, I'm considering putting it on an old laptop I have around here... thanks, greg k-h