Re: devfs vs udev, thoughts from a devfs user

Mike Bell
2004-02-10T17:22:25Z

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:01:57AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Did you read:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs

Yes, I've read everything since the original OLS one, and liked udev
less and less with each one.

> But that is not what sysfs does. And sysfs will not do this. So this
> point is moot.

No, you misunderstand. I'm not suggesting that sysfs /should/ export
device files. I'm saying that sysfs exporting type/major/minor as files
is not really that different from exporting full-fledged device files.
Making udev a sort of ugly-hack devfsd.